Alicia Keys, Cardi B and More Demand Justice for Breonna Taylor in PSA

Celebrities are demanding justice for Breonna Taylor.

Becoming a member of forces with Taylor’s mom Tamika Palmer, stars together with Alicia Keys, Cardi B and extra got here collectively to induce followers to assist search justice for Taylor, a 26-year-old EMT worker who was killed by the hands of Louisville police again in March. 

Tracee Ellis Ross, Ellen DeGeneres, Kerry Washington, Tamika D. Mallory, Brene Brown, Ali Wong, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lena Waithe and Gabrielle Union are simply a number of the stars that lent their voices to the trigger, every sharing a video titled “Do You Know What Occurred To Breonna Taylor” to their social media. In it, Palmer detailed her daughter’s loss of life and knowledgeable viewers how they’ll get involved.

“Three officers from the Louisville Police Division used a battery ram to knock down her door. They fired 22 occasions,” Parker mentioned within the video. “Eight of these bullets landed within the physique of essentially the most important employee I’ll ever know. Bree was murdered by the Louisville Metro Police Division and after they killed her, they requested me if she had any enemies. I mentioned, ‘No. Completely not.'”

“Their tales began popping out otherwise and folks began studying the reality of what was taking place and the issues that went unsuitable that evening. Now the entire metropolis is mad. Now the entire world is mad,” Parker continued. “Breonna shouldn’t be useless. Some days I really feel like I can not breathe with out her. This could by no means occur to a different household. I’m Breonna Taylor’s mom. Say her identify.”  

Calling for justice, Mallory inspired viewers to name Louisville representatives and urge them hearth and cost the officers concerned, in addition to proceed their investigation on Taylor’s loss of life. Mallory mentioned, “Breonna Taylor’s household has mentioned that they are not simply combating for her, however they’re combating to make sure that what occurred to Breonna by no means occurs once more.”

Earlier than ending the video, Keys and her fellow stars requested, “Are you aware what occurred to Breonna Taylor?”

Taking to social media, the “Woman On Fireplace” singer wrote, “The officers John Mattingly, Brett Hankison and Myles Cosgrove who took half in her homicide must be charged and arrested NOW!!”

She added, “Hearken to the details from her stunning mom…. are you able to think about?? Donate, protest, petition and DEMAND #JusticeforBreonnaTaylor. Go to my story for a direct hyperlink to issues you are able to do to assist. #SayHerName.”

For her half, Cardi inspired her followers to demand justice. “Let me inform ya one thing.This is the reason we gotta maintain combating .Breonna Taylor was one yr youthful then me,” she wrote. “They tried to comb the case below the rug specifically because the nation when on lockdown resulting from Coronavirus.DONT LET KENTUCKY POLICE DEPARTMENT GET AWAY WITH THIS SH-T!!!!!”

“E! stands in solidarity with the black group towards systemic racism and oppression skilled day by day in America,” the community mentioned in a statement on Could 31. “We owe it to our black employees, expertise, manufacturing companions and viewers to demand change and accountability. To be silent is to be complicit. #BlackLivesMatter.”