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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bevan Hurley

Washington Post worker hits out after boss refers to her as Breonna Taylor on Twitter

AP

A Washington Post video technician says she was left distraught after a senior newsroom editor wrongly identified her as slain Kentucky woman Breonna Taylor on Twitter.

Breanna Muir called on workplace executives to “stop misidentifying people of colour” after The Post’s director of photography Micah Gelman confused her with Ms Taylor, who was shot dead by police as they executed a no-knock search warrant in Louisville in March 2020.

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