Suspicious: BLM Activist Deaths

The killing of Breonna Taylor, a young black medical worker who was shot and killed by Louisville police officers in March 2020, led to wide-scale demonstrations by BLM advocates for social justice and police reform. 

Her case was considered by advocates an example of systematic racism, the flaws of the judiciary system, and the long history of police violence against black Americans; no one was charged for causing Taylor’s death. The case sparked demonstrations and marches to raise awareness to her case.

Travis Nagdy and Kris Smith became fixtures in Taylor’s demonstrations and were often referred to by their fellow activists as born leaders.

Nagdy was killed in a shooting near the University of Louisville campus. He was shot multiple times on Crittenden Drive before 12:30 on Monday, November 23, 2020, during a suspected carjacking. Police have released few details about the shooting.

Three weeks later on Friday, December 11, 2020, Kris Smith was killed on the 299 block of North 26 Street. He was fatally shot inside a vehicle according to Louisville Metro Police. According to reports, no suspects have been arrested for the deaths of Nagdy or Smith.

These events that took place with very little time in between them had led people to suspect that it could not be a coincidence, and that it might be a planned assasination directed towards the activists. 

The fact that Smith streamed footage from Louisville protests and captured the killing of David McAtee, a restaurant owner who was shot by police in June, gave people more reasons to add to their suspicion.