"Loss of the Entire Community": 6 Months Later, Trauma of Breonna Taylor's Killing Remains
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Filmmaker Yoruba Richen, director of The New York Times documentary The Killing of Breonna Taylor," says the 26-year-old EMT's killing was not just a devastating blow to her friends and family, but a loss of the entire community." Police officers in Louisville, Kentucky, fatally shot Taylor during a raid on her home in March, part of a botched drug investigation. Richen says that in visiting Louisville and speaking with Taylor's loved ones, she personally felt the trauma that we endure as African American people" as a result of police killings.