65: Savala Trepczynski on Breonna Taylor and the elusive nature of racial justice

When Savala Trepczynski, the director of the social justice center at UC Berkeley, first heard the decision in the Breonna Taylor case — that only one of three police officers involved in Taylor's killing in March was indicted on charges of reckless endangerment — a familiar feeling sunk in."The fact of the charge is upsetting, disappointing, angering — all of those things," said Trepczynski. "And so, I felt the exhaustion of forbearance and abiding and feeling again and again that even when you get justice, it’s kind of a half step. It’s a measure of justice. It’s not the whole thing."And she was reminded of a murder so similar to Taylor's that happened in her own family — to her great-great-grandmother.Read the story and see photos on UC Berkeley News: https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/09/25/fiat-vox-savala-trepczynski-on-breonna-taylor-and-racial-justice Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.