Breonna Taylor: A beloved sister becomes a symbol of pain, an icon of hope Shaylah Brown, The Record
Nearly a year after Breonna Taylor’s death, many people are remembering her as an iconic symbol of the Black Lives Matter movement: a young first-responder innocent of any crime who lost her life in a hail of police bullets in her own home. Photos and illustrations of her have been on magazine covers, spotlighting her as a victim of overzealous policing, with accompanying articles demanding justice and change.
But when Ju’Niyah Palmer thinks about Breonna Taylor, she calls her “sister.” She remembers her sister as a confidante and friend.