Following their walk-off, the players held a 26-second moment of silence in memory of Breonna Taylor.
The WNBA’s season kicked off this Saturday by not starting at all. Instead, players from the Seattle Storm and New York Liberty walked off the court during the national anthem in an act of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement. Following their walk-off, the players held a 26-second moment of silence in memory of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old certified EMT who was shot to death by police officers while asleep in her Louisville apartment on March 13.
— ESPN July 25, 2020 Nneka Ogwumike, a player for the Los Angeles Sparks and WNBPA president, stated Taylor’s mother and Georgia politician Stacey Abrams had previously spoken with members of the WNBA. “We just hope we’re doing what we discussed on that call: upholding her name, celebrating her, and obviously bringing awareness,” she said. “Black women are so often forgotten in this world and in a league where we have 70% and plus black women, this is our reality.
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