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Plans to keep Jefferson Square Park clean require removal of Breonna Taylor rally memorabilia Share Updated: 8:00 PM EDT Mar 15, 2021 Share Updated: 8:00 PM EDT Mar 15, 2021
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Show Transcript BRIANNA IS BEING REMEMBERED BEYOND THE PARK. MUCH OF JEFFERSON SQUARE PARK AND THE BREONNA TAYLOR MEMORIAL ITEMS AT THE PARK ARE CLEAR. THANKS TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE CITY BUT IT IS AN EMOTIONAL DAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE FOR HER SINCE LAST YEAR. IT WAS AMAZING EVENT. WE WAS YOU IN THE FACT AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AFTER AN EVENTFUL WEEKEND HONORING BREONNA TAYLOR THE CLEANUP PROCESS BEGAN THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE CITY CREWS REMOVED MIRACADES AND TRAFFIC SIGNS AND ALL HANDS WERE ON DECK AT JEFFERSON SQUARE PARK AS VOLUNTEERS CLEARED OUT REMAINING MEMORIAL ITEMS FOR TAYLOR. JUST HELPING OUT BECAUSE IT’S THE RIGHT THING TO DO WHEN YOU START WE HAD A DEADLINE TO GET IT EVERYTHING GONE. SO THAT’S WHAT WE DO. THE CLEAN
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‘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
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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.