SAY HER NAME
A HORSE named after Breonna Taylor, the medical worker fatally shot by police in Louisville, won a Derby Week race at Churchill Downs on Saturday.
The three-year-old filly 'Breonna' is owned by JS Stables, a racing operation that is owned by the Taylor family’s attorney Sam Aguiar and his wife Janelle Aguiar.
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Aguiar watched the race at his office with Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, .
Naming the horse after Breonna was Janelle Aguiar’s idea, as she described the moniker as “resilient and beautiful.”
"Any time we win a horse race is exciting... But it takes it to a new level when you name your horse Breonna in honor of #BreonnaTaylor, the horse wins at Churchill Downs on Derby week, and you hear so many people #SayHerName," Janelle said in a on Thursday.
Last week, Attorney General Merrick Garland said that an investigation will be launched by the Justice Department that will look into the practices of the Louisville Police Department, .
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, was shot dead in her own home in Louisville, Kentucky, on March 13, 2020, when police served a no-knock warrant in the middle of the night.
Her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, believed they were being robbed when three officers stormed inside.
He fired once, striking an officer in the leg.
The cops returned fire with a hail of bullets, striking Taylor six times.
On Saturday, to cancel the playing of My Old Kentucky Home before the race, despite claims that the song is "racist."
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Churchill Downs has confirmed that 's state song will be played before the races kick off on Saturday.
Last year, when was held in September due to restrictions, the song was performed by a bugler without any lyrics in a "thoughtfully and appropriately modified" performance in the wake of mass protests that broke out in the state following the death of Breonna Taylor.
This year, Churchill Downs has not indicated that there would be any changes to the tune.
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