We can’t help but be reminded of, and pushed by, Maya Angelou’s words…
“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.”
– Maya Angelou
“The Casual Killing Act of 1669 permitted any slaver, or white person, to legally murder an enslaved African without consequence when the death were to occur during the execution of punishment per PBS’ Thirteen.Org.
“Should a slave be killed as a result of extreme punishment, the master should not face charges for the murder,” the site states of the law.
Such a policy was supposed to end with the abolishment of slavery. But when Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron deemed Taylor’s killing justified because shots fired at her were in response to her boyfriend shooting at cops, Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis drew attention to an eerie correlation between The Casual Killing Act and the AG’s decision not to directly charge officers in her killing. “
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