The league, which began its playoffs on Tuesday, dedicated the 2020 season to Taylor and the Say Her Name movement, which raises awareness for Black female victims of police violence. All season, in Bradenton, Florida, WNBA players have worn warmup shirts with the words "Black Lives Matter" displayed on the front and "Say Her Name" on the back, along with Taylor's name on their jerseys.Earlier on Tuesday, it was announced that the city of Louisville had agreed to pay $12 million to the family of Taylor and institute sweeping police reforms in a settlement of the family's wrongful death lawsuit."That's it?" Angel McCoughtry of the Las Vegas Aces, who spearheaded the WNBA's campaign, said to reporters when she was told of the news.She later went on to say, "You know, yeah, they deserve millions, but first of all, that's not a lot of millions. And then second of all, why aren't they (the officers) arrested? What else do we need to do? What else do people need to see?"When Brittney Sykes, who plays for the No. 3 seed Los Angeles Sparks, was asked what she thought about the news on the settlement, she immediately asked, "They charge the cops?"When she was told no, she then said, "Then that's my reaction.""I mean, yeah, money is cool, but did they charge the cops?" Sykes said. "And they didn't, so our job isn't done."Sparks' Candace Parker said the settlement is "a step." "But this isn't what our goal was," she said. "And obviously, we wear Breonna Taylor's name on the back of our jersey, but she represents so many other women that have been killed because of police brutality. I think as a mother, there's no amount of money that could take that away. So I don't think that does anything."Breanna Stewart of the SeRead More – Source
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