Kerry Washington doesn’t want women ignored anymore. The “Little Fires Everywhere” star appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Monday to talk about the work of the African American Policy Forum, which has created the #SayHerName campaign to highlight the Black women who have been killed by police.
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Washington them specifically brought up Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old EMT on the coronavirus front lines who was killed in March after police shot her when they raided her home while she slept.