#Roommates, although he hasn’t officially taken office yet, Joe Biden has just been called on to further handle the tragic passing of Breonna Taylor. Breonna’s mother, Tamika Palmer, just took out a full-page ad in the Washington Post calling on Joe Biden to open a larger federal investigation into her daughter’s death.
@USAToday reports, Tamika Palmer, the grieving mother of Breonna Taylor, has publicly called on President-elect Joe Biden to officially open large-scale federal investigation into the death of her daughter and other Black Americans who were victims of police brutality. In her recent full-page ad, Palmer wrote “Actions speak louder than words. We need your actions to show that you are different than those who pay lip service to our losses while doing nothing to show that our loved ones’ lives mattered.”
The ad then directs readers to the website bidenjusticedemands.com, which is an initiative of the Grassroots Law Project, co-founded by activist Shaun King and attorney Lee Merritt. The website calls on Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to do “everything in its power to bring about deep systemic change on criminal, legal and racial justice” and encourages visitors to sign the letter in an effort to seek justice for Breonna Taylor and other victims.
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“The people, families, and communities most harmed by all of the systems and structures of mass incarceration are also the voters that elected you,” the website’s letter says. “You have promised them that you would do right by them, and we intend to work to hold you accountable for each and every one of those promises.”
Currently, more than 108,000 people have signed, including the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Philando Castile and Atatiana Jefferson—who were all victims in cases similar to Taylor’s.
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