Mar 15, 2021
This weekend was the first anniversary of Breonna Taylor’s killing by Louisville, Kentucky police. Taylor was a Black 26-year-old who was shot five times when police burst into her apartment. People across the country held vigils in remembrance.
In Potsdam, about twenty people gathered outside the post office. It was a blustery and sunny Saturday afternoon. Jen Baxtron, leader of Black Lives Matter Potsdam, spoke into a megaphone.
She spoke about Breonna Taylor, police injustice, and the ways that systemic racism seeps into all aspects of everyday life.
A group of about twenty people stood around her. Everyone was safely spaced apart and wearing masks. Some masks read “Black Lives Matter.” People held large signs with different statements like, Say Her Name Breonna Taylor . One said, We Are Not Trying To Start A Race War. We re Trying To End One.