Solange, Megan Thee Stallion support Breonna Taylor birthday campaign to get officers charged

June 5 would have been Breonna Taylor’s 27th birthday had she not been shot and killed by Louisville police who broke into her home to serve a "no knock" search warrant in March. Taylor was an emergency room technician—one of the frontline workers we applaud every evening since the Coronavirus outbreak—and to honour the young woman on her birthday, celebrities, activists and countless others are calling for justice in her case.Taylor was shot eight times by police when the officers entered her home in an attempted drug sting earlier this year. While recent protests have made important strides toward legal justice for George Floyd (the charges against the Minneapolis police officer who asphyxiated Floyd with his knee have been raised to second degree murder and the three other officers present have also been charged), Kentucky state officials have not moved to bring charges against the officers behind Taylor’s death.In order to direct more attention to her case, celebrities like Megan Thee Stallion, Solange, Alicia Keys, Janelle Monae, Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba and Demi Lovato are using their influence to call for justice. Solange, who has been putting pressure on Louisville’s mayor and Kentucky state Gov. Andy Beshear since late May, redoubled her efforts yesterday asking why the cops involved in Taylor’s death have only been reassigned to administrative duties rather than charged with a crime.

!!!!!!! When are the arrest and charges happening ?!?! https://t.co/ZTSEB6Vb4h

— solange knowles (@solangeknowles) June 3, 2020

Megan Thee Stallion is putting the power of her platform behind #BirthdayForBreonna launched by writer Cate Young. The project encourages supporters to send birthday cards to Kentucky’s attorney general—a not-so-subtle reminder about the promising life cut short by police violence. Megan shared a link that breaks down how to participate on her Twitter account. The document guides participants through a number of critical online and IRL action items including using the hashtag #SayHerName, a movement sparked by the death of Sandra Bland in 2015.

The police officers who murdered Breonna Taylor still haven’t been arrested or charged. Friday June 5th would have been her 27th birthday. Here are some resources on how we can help bring her killers to justice & bring awareness to this injustice! https://t.co/KzGGLTs6Wq pic.twitter.com/LYsyPtPxCL

— HOT GIRL MEG (@theestallion) June 4, 2020

[video_embed id='1970253']RELATED: Keke Palmer’s empowering talk with National Guard goes viral [/video_embed]Idris Elba encouraged followers to "Remember Breonna"; Gabrielle Union shared photos of Taylor and urged her fans to "know her story"; Janelle Monae rallied Twitter to "keep the same energy" and "DEMAND JUSTICE"; Demi Lovato encouraged people to take their activism offline and write physical letters to the Kentucky governor. Alicia Keys dedicated a sad, soulful rendition of "Happy Birthday" to Breonna, tweeting with the video, "She should be alive to celebrate! But instead no charges have been issued and no arrests have been made with the officers involved."

Today would have been #BreonnaTaylor’s 27th birthday.

She was an essential worker murdered by the police while she was sleeping.She should be alive to celebrate! But instead no charges have been issued and no arrests have been made with the officers involved. pic.twitter.com/KzYHgK3utw— Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys) June 5, 2020

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