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On March 13, 2020, plainclothes officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department burst into the home of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor and fired their weapons, killing Taylor. The tragic incident and others gave rise to protests around the country and globe against racism and police violence and deeply wounded the city of Louisville, Kentucky, with citizens and community leaders alike demanding justice.
As local and national media focused on reporting the facts of the case,
Louisville Magazine wanted to take a deeper dive into the emotions and the human side of the shooting and its aftermath and designer
Hayes Gardner, Louisville Courier Journal
Published
8:49 pm UTC Dec. 17, 2020
LOUISVILLE, Ky. William Isaac blames himself for his checkered past.
After all, he’s the one who made the decisions that put him in jail, on and off, for more than two decades, starting in his mid-20s. He’s the one who dealt drugs, leading to his incarceration and making it difficult to land stable employment. He’s the one at fault, he says.
However, the 50-year-old Black Louisville resident also believes he never would have turned to crime if he had better access to a decent-paying job with career advancement.