News Breonna Taylor has been gone a year. Why we need to talk more about the racial trauma of Black death. March 11, 2021March 13, 2021 Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY Comments Off on Breonna Taylor has been gone a year. Why we need to talk more about the racial trauma of Black death. Last year, police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd led to a racial reckoning. This year, those traumas ripple through Black communities.