Breonna Taylor's mother is remembering her late daughter. Taylor, who was shot to death by Louisville Metro Police in March at the age of 26, covers the September issue of with a portrait designed by Amy Sherald.
In an accompanying feature, guest editor Ta-Nehisi Coates tells the story of Taylor's life and death through the eyes of the late EMT's mother, Tamika Palmer, whom he interviewed multiple times.The feature begins with the night of Taylor's death, when she and her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, were in their home when police made a late-night raid on the wrong address.
Taylor was shot eight times. Palmer, through Coates, recalls Walker calling her in the middle of night, saying, «Somebody kicked in the door and shot Breonna.»«I am dead.
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