Oprah Buys Billboards Demanding Justice For Breonna Taylor

As reported, The Oprah Magazine did something they’ve never done in their twenty years: They took Oprah Winfrey off the cover. Instead, the upcoming issue will have Breonna Taylor on it. Breonna Taylor was a 26-year-old woman who was fatally shot by Louisville Metro Police Department officers in her apartment in March. As of today, no officers have been arrested for the crime.

Now Oprah is taking her quest to get justice for Breonna Taylor one step further.

Per O Magazine, the mogul has taken out 26 billboards around Louisville, Kentucky, one for every year Breonna was alive. They read, “Demand that the police involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor be arrested and charged.”  There is also a quote on them from Oprah that says, “If you turn a blind eye to racism, you become an accomplice to it.”

On the billboards is a link to UntilFreedom.com. They are a social justice advocacy group that has focused on the Breonna case.

Oprah Winfrey: 10 Fun Facts You May Not Know About Her

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  10. She has Glopophobia, a fear of balloons.

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  9. We all know that Oprah vows to never marry, but she is actually engaged to long-time boyfriend Stedman. He proposed in 1992.

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  8. Her Middle Name Is Gail, which has a slightly different spelling than her best friend, Gayle.
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  7. Oprah is the first recipient of the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award.

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  6. Oprah was fired from her first television job. They told her she was "unfit for TV."

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  5. Oprah is the richest African American Woman on the planet. She is also this first black female billionaire.
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  4. She is one award way from being an esteemed EGOT winner. She just needs the Grammy.

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  3. Her first job was working at a grocery store.

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  2. She had a child at 14 who, sadly, died as an infant.
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  1. She hates gum chewers. She once told People Magazine, "It makes me sick just to think about it. When people chew loudly or smack it and pull it out their mouth, that's the worst."