The cry of Black Lives Matter has gone out worldwide since the police killing of George Floyd.
It has resonated as Breonna Taylor’s case remains untouched and unsolved, and since the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Gardner, Trayvon Martin, Atatiana Jefferson, Botham Jean, and Sandra Bland, Ahmaud Arbery, and others.
However, in North Pontotoc County, Mississippi, the cry hasn’t been loud enough.
Notably, in the case of 9-year-old A’Miya Braxton, a Black girl who had just exited her school bus on the afternoon of Oct. 4, 2016. A’Miya stood in her driveway when Karen Michelle Carpenter, a white woman, ignored the bus’s stop sign, swerved onto the sidewalk, and struck and killed A’Miya.
Two grand juries had failed to indict Carpenter, saying there was no evidence that the driver was texting or using her cell phone when the incident occurred. It is inconceivable that no charges have been filed. We have a special livestream planned with A'Miya's parents, Charles and Andrea Braxton who want justice for A'Miya. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1. facebook.com/blackpressusa/live and youtube.com/c/blackpressusatv