The Cut - The Internet's Memory of Breonna Taylor

When Breonna Taylor went to bed one night in March of 2020, she did not know it would be for the last time. Just after midnight on March 13, the 26-year-old EMT was murdered in her own home by Louisville police officers, who fired 32 bullets into her house after breaking down the door with a battering ram. Her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, witnessed the whole scene. Though Breonna was one of nearly 250 Black women who have been killed in police shootings since 2015, her story struck a particular chord with the public. In the past year since her death, Taylor’s image has been revered, warped, and put back together again — often by strangers on the internet.

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