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Hulu apologizes for promoting Breonna Taylor documentary, Internet says 'Y’all took advantage of her name'

After the verdict was out on Taylor, Hulu apparently, in a now-deleted tweet promoted a documentary about her

The United States is in a chaotic state right now. Following the verdict by the grand jury at Kentucky, people across the country are protesting against the turn of events in the Breonna Taylor case. On September 23, the jury decided to indict former police officer Brett Hankison on criminal charges nearly six months after the 26-year-old Black EMT was allegedly shot dead by police in Louisville, Kentucky, on March 13.

Hankison has reportedly been charged with three counts of "wanton endangerment" over shots that were fired into a neighboring apartment. The other two officers who discharged their weapons that night — Jonathan Mattingly and Myles Cosgrove — have not been charged. Hankison was fired from his job after nationwide outrage over Taylor's death. The protests also resulted in two cops getting shot at Louisville and protestors clashing with cops in various parts of the country.

On March 13, Taylor died in her own home in the early hours after police raided the home she shared with her boyfriend Kenneth Walker in Louisville. Authorities claimed that the midnight search was part of a drug investigation, however, the lawsuit filed by the family states that there was no drug found at the home. The family lawyers have said that the main suspect, Jamarcus Glover, was already in police custody at the time of the raid. Neither Taylor nor Walker had any criminal records.

The New York Times reported that there was no body camera footage from the Louisville police officers who opened fire that night. Now, NYT, based on their reporting, released a documentary 'The New York Times Presents: The Killing of Breonna Taylor' on FX and Hulu on September 4. According to NYT, after a number of interviews with Taylor's family, her boyfriend, witnesses and public officials and reviewing more than 1,500 pages of police records, evidence logs, transcripts of jailhouse recordings, 911 calls and surveillance photos – the documentary will help tell the story of what happened and why.

After the verdict was out on Taylor, Hulu apparently, in a now-deleted tweet had promoted the documentary. A lot of social media users were miffed at this. Hulu apologized in a tweet saying, "Earlier today, we promoted content that we felt would be meaningful in light of today's events. That was, quite simply, the wrong call. We've taken the posts down and are deeply sorry. Thank you for holding us accountable – we will learn from this." However, the internet does not forget or forgive that easily. A few users had even kept screenshots of their earlier tweet promoting the documentary.

One user said, "Y'all took ADVANTAGE of her name trending and HER STORY for YOUR RATINGS!!! If y’all wanted to do something meaningful you would have said JUSTICE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR. Is her family even involved in this 'documentary' or did y'all do this to hop on the 'we care' trend?!?!” Another concurred, "It's almost like businesses don't actually care about people's feelings and are only sorry when they're caught! Weird, right?" A user stated, "My wife and I were just commenting on how little we watch Hulu and maybe we should unsubscribe. I’ll be adding that to my to do list." A user observed, "This is inexcusable. Whoever was behind this knew EXACTLY what they were doing."

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