Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Breonna, You still matter babygirl

Full transparency  moment: It took me a very long time to write how I really feel about this entire situation. For a few reasons, one being that I am exhausted by the same sad story we keep seeing over and over. The second being that, I myself have been in a situation before that could have turned out to have similar results and the thoughts do run through my mind that my mother could have been on TV crying, trying to piece together the details of my demise while the world tries to dehumanize me and make excuses for events that occurred outside of my control.  With that being said, I don't know how to really process these events. Arrest the cops thar killed Breonna Taylor is what we keep seeing everywhere and what exactly is done? We try to get people to lie on her to cover up the wrongdoings and unprofessionalism of the police force. We give the family a large sum of money as a way to hush them up without really acknowledging that the system failed to protect her. The same folks that we expect to protect us. The only charges that stick are the ones that didn't kill anyone? Meanwhile, there is a dead woman and no one is to blame??? I cannot wrap my mind around it or the fact that her mother wasn't allowed to go to her aid while her daughter could have still possibly received help. It just seems like it is a never ending story and quite frankly I am sick of it. Things have died down and you no longer see the shirts with her name as much.  You do not see the celebrities reposting her face. Her boyfriend does an interview to recount the events that took place that night that align with the body camera footage from the officers. He is still in disbelief and I am in disbelief as well. How do you tell your family they matter??? How do you explain a young woman being treated like a cold blooded criminal? While even though, being a criminal does not necessarily warrant you being treated in that manner. They claim "she was no saint" but my question is who is? Why does this continue to happen without consequence and we have to repeatedly be silenced and put in our "place"? The world needed her,  her family needed her. She was young. She had her whole life ahead of her and she's gone. Her boyfriend said a lot of people were dependent on her. Well who will they depend on now??? We haven't forgotten you babygirl. BREONNA TAYLOR....CONTINUE TO SAY HER NAME..

1 comment:

  1. My heart aches for Breanna and others. This has to stop !!! God please intervene and save your innocent people dying by the hands of the people who they are to serve.

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