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In Memoriam

The names listed above are black women who are victims of police brutality and domestic abuse.

Breonna Taylor, born June 5th, 1993, was a 26-year-old African-American medical technician. She was shot by officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department on March 13th, 2020. Three LMPD police officers issued a no-knock search warrant. Kenneth Walker, Breonna Taylor's boyfriend, and the police officers exchanged gunfire. Breonna

Sandra Bland, born February 7th, 1987, was a 28-year-old African-American who was arrested on July 10th, 2015 during a Terry stop (when the police can detain a person based on suspicion of criminal activity). Three days later, she was found hung in her jail cell in Waller County Jail. Her death was ruled as a suicide. They released her mugshot although Sandra was already dead in it. Sandra

Korryn Gaines was born on August 24th, 1993. The shooting of Korryn Gaines took place on August 1st, 2016 near Baltimore, Maryland, which resulted in her death. Her son was also shot, yet he was the one that survived. According to wikipedia, she refused to leave her vehicle and even resisted arrest. Korryn

Oluwatoyin Salau was a 19-year-old young black woman from Tallahassee, Florida, born August 27th, 2000. Toyin was found dead on June 13th, 2020, a week after she went missing. She was always a vocal supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement. Toyin tweeted that she was sexually assaulted by a black man who offered to help pick up her belongings from the church she was living in and provide shelter. She was able to escape, but never sent out anymore tweets. Toyin Salau was a dedicated activist and a self-taught artist. Oluwatoyin

Natasha Mckenna was born January 9th, 1978. Initially, Mckenna called 911 to report an assault. While being examined at a hospital, she was taken to Fairfax County Jail for assaulting a police officer weeks before. Mckenna was repeatedly tasered with 50,000 volts applied to her body. She died of cardiac arrest days later. Natasha