Beyonce Seeks Justice For Breonna Taylor, Demands Criminal Charges Be Filed Against Guilty Officers

In the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement, Beyoncé has been an unrelenting voice of support. And now, she has penned a letter to Kentucky’s Attorney General Daniel Cameron, urging him to bring justice for Breonna Taylor who was killed by three Louisville officers in March.

In her letter to Cameron, the 38-year-old singer demanded "swift and decisive action" against the Louisville Metro Police Department officers Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove. They are the three officers who killed Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency room technician, on March 13, after they barged into her apartment investigating a drug dealer after securing a “no-knock” search warrant.

Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, thinking that it was a break-in, shot one of the officers in the thigh, following which the police opened fire on them, hitting Taylor at least eight times and killing her.

The three officers are currently on administrative reassignment but are yet to be criminally charged.

"Three months have passed -- and the LMPD’s investigations have created more questions than answers," Beyoncé wrote. "Their incident report states that Ms. Taylor suffered no injuries -- yet we know she was shot at least eight times. The LMPD officers claim they announced themselves before forcing their way into Ms. Taylor’s apartment -- but her boyfriend who was with her, as well as several neighbors, all say that this is untrue."

"Three months have passed -- and zero arrests have been made, and no officers have been fired," she added. "The LMPD’s investigation was turned over to your office, and yet all of the officers involved in the shooting remain employed by the LMPD. Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly and Officers Myles Cosgrove and Brett Hankison must be held accountable for their actions.”

The singer went on to demand Cameron to criminally charge the three officers, followed by a transparent investigation involving an examination of LMPD's response to Taylor's murder.

“Don’t let this case fall into the pattern of no action after a terrible tragedy,” she wrote. “With every death of a Black person at the hands of the police, there are two real tragedies: the death itself, and the inaction and delays that follow it. This is your chance to end that pattern. Take swift and decisive action in charging the officers. The next months cannot look like the last three.”