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Email ‘You need to be reminded of Breonna’: How a tiny city park became the heart of a movement Tessa Duvall and Hayes Gardner, Louisville Courier Journal Published 6:08 pm UTC Mar. 24, 2021 Illustration: Jeff Morris and Andrea Brunty, USA TODAY Network LOUISVILLE, Ky. It has seen conflicts between police and protesters, casualties and chili cook-offs. It s where hundreds of supporters gathered with the family of Breonna Taylor for what should have been her 27th birthday and where they showed the world their heartbreak when no one was charged with her death. It was home to a new vegetable garden during the heat of June, dozens of pumpkins in October, and an iced-over memorial encircled by silk flowers in February. ....
A caravan of at least 40 cars showed up to the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort on Tuesday evening, rallying in front of the building and then doing a lap around it to show support for Breonna s Law House Bill 21. The bill, which was proposed by Rep. Attica Scott and would ban all no-knock warrants across Kentucky, was assigned to the Judiciary Committee on Feb. 26, but has not yet received a hearing. Last week, the Kentucky Senate passed legislation, Senate Bill 4, that would ban many no-knock warrants, but not all of them. The bill was introduced by Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester. ....