Breonna Taylor died one year ago. The fight for justice is far from over | Shanita Hubbard

The best way to honor her is to put an unflinching spotlight on the way society minimizes violence against Black women

In March last year, life as we knew it in America changed. On 11 March, Donald Trump declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency. Two days later, police officers entered the home of Breonna Taylor and shot her to death. News of the former instantly shook the world. The latter took several months to command mainstream attention. Perhaps stories about her killing were lost in the noise of a world seemingly collapsing. Or perhaps we are conditioned to de-prioritize the brutality faced by Black women in America. One year later this is what I know for certain: we did not and won't receive the justice that so many of us fought for last year, but we can choose to honor Breonna Taylor by continuing our fight for Black women impacted by police violence - and for all vulnerable Black women in our community.

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