Candlelight Vigil For Breonna Taylor To Be Held In Hillsborough

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — Our Revolution Hillsborough will be holding a candlelight vigil to honor Breonna Taylor on Sunday as activists are upset with the grand jury ruling in the police-involved shooting of her death.

"We want to show solidarity for the Black Lives Matter movement. Show Hillsborough cares and bring attention to the systemic racism affecting the Black community on the local, state, and national level," said lead organizer Gabe Salazar.

The vigil will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the soccer fields at Woodfield Park in Hillsborough. Masks and social distancing will be enforced.

"The grand jury ruling was obviously not what we were expecting. There was no justice and we want to do right to Breonna Taylor and honor her and memorialize her since she has been the face for the social justice movement since March," said Salazar.

Taylor, 26, was an emergency medical technician who was killed by police on March 13. On Wednesday, the grand jury charged only one of the three officers involved. Former Louisville police detective Brett Hankison was charged with wanton endangerment for shooting into neighboring apartments during a police raid in which Taylor was killed.

Charges have not been made against the two other police officers involved in her death: Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly and Detective Myles Cosgrove.

"We will honor Breonna Taylor and demand further justice for her by having all three cops involved to be criminally charged for her death," Our Revolution Hillsborough stated.

• See related article: Ex-Louisville Cop Indicted In Breonna Taylor Case

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