Spoiler: He’s black and opposes mask mandates and doesn’t sound crazy about defunding police too.

Quote:LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Dozens of people were arrested Tuesday evening after staging a protest at Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s home in Graymoor-Devondale, calling for justice for Breonna Taylor. Taylor was shot dead as LMPD officers served a drug warrant at her apartment back in March.

Louisville Metro Police officers arrested 87 people in the demonstration, LMPD Sgt. Lamont Washington confirmed, after they refused to leave Cameron’s yard during a protest that began just before 5 p.m. Washington says officers were first dispatched to Ballard High School around 4:30 p.m. where the demonstrators reportedly met before following them to Cameron’s home.

Washington says the demonstrators were given the option to leave the area but refused.

Each person arrested is charged with intimidating a participant in a legal process, a class D felony, and criminal trespass. Several of the demonstrators were also charged with disorderly conduct.

Monday, Cameron reiterated that his office’s investigation into Taylor’s death is not complete and asked for the public’s patience.

Cameron released the following statement regarding the protest Tuesday evening:

“From the beginning, our office has set out to do its job, to fully investigate the events surrounding the death of Ms. Breonna Taylor. We continue with a thorough and fair investigation, and today’s events will not alter our pursuit of the truth. The stated goal of today’s protest at my home was to ‘escalate.’ That is not acceptable and only serves to further division and tension within our community. Justice is not achieved by trespassing on private property, and it’s not achieved through escalation. It’s achieved by examining the facts in an impartial and unbiased manner. That is exactly what we are doing and will continue to do in this investigation.”

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Quote:Former Miami Dolphins receiver Kenny Stills was among 87 protesters arrested outside Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s home Tuesday night as they advocated for the arrests of the police officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor in March.

According to the Louisville Courier Journal, Stills has been charged with intimidating a participant in a legal process — which is a felony — criminal trespass and disorderly conduct. The charges match those of the other 86 arrested during the protest encouraging Cameron to arrest the officers — identified as Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove — involved in Taylor’s death.

Stills and the other protesters — which included Real Housewives of Atlanta reality star Porsha Williams and rappers YBN Cordae and Trae the Truth — were released from police custody shortly after noon on Wednesday.

“You know why we’re out here. They need to arrest the cops and convict the cops that killed Breonna Taylor. We just want justice,” Stills said on his Instagram account’s live stream after his release. “Arresting us for sitting on grass but you don’t want to arrest the cops?”

Stills’ police mugshot shows him wearing a black t-shirt that reads “Breonna Taylor’s Killers Are Still Police,” in capitalized white lettering, and with the word still was underlined.

Taylor, an EMT and aspiring nurse, was shot to death by police in her own home on March 13 in what has been described as a “botched raid.” Officers barged into Taylor’s apartment in Louisville, as she lay sleeping, and fired 20 rounds upon entry after her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired his weapon at the door.

According to court documents in the case of the Commonwealth of Kentucky v Kenneth Walker III, the judge dismissed without prejudice the charges of first-degree assault and attempted murder of a police officer made to Walker. Walker has always maintained that he was shooting at what he thought was an intruder trying to break in. He was not hurt in the standoff that left Taylor dead.

Three months after she was killed, Taylor’s name has been chanted all over the country at mass protests against police brutality, which erupted after death of Minnesota resident George Floyd, also at the hands of police.

The four officers involved in Floyd’s death have been arrested and charged. Only Hankison was fired from the police department. In his termination letter Louisville police chief Robert Schroeder justified the firing by saying Hankison violating its policy on the use of deadly force by “wantonly and blindly” fired 10 shots into Ms. Taylor’s apartment on March 13.

Hankison has appealed his firing. The other two officers have been placed on administrative reassignment. None of the three have been charged with Taylor’s death, which is what prompted the recent protests at the Attorney General’s home.

Stills, who spent four seasons with the Dolphins before being traded to the Houston Texans prior to the 2019 season, has been one of the NFL’s most vocal voices for social justice issues. He’s been one of a handful of NFL players who has consistently knelt since 2016 during the playing of the national anthem in support of the protests Colin Kaepernick started to create awareness towards social justice issues, police reform and issues stemming from systemic racism.

During his tenure with the Dolphins, Stills had a strong presence in the South Florida community and was a two-time winner of the team’s Nat Moore Community Service Award and was its 2018 nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Honor.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell recently said that players should be allowed to express their frustration about social justice issues.

“We should have listened to our players earlier, including Colin Kaepernick, Eric Reid, Kenny Stills, Malcolm Jenkins and so many people really brought these issues to light,” Goodell said.

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Good for Kentucky! They have an AG who actually wants to uphold the law instead of social justice virtue signaling and genuflecting.

Many athletes have been ruined by the classes they say in at college.

Vast majority get shoved into easy liberal arts majors...and viola they get brainwashed.

Felonies. Woah. Not messing around.

Regarding the protesters that have all prejudged the crime, I'm betting that they each individually would like due process to play out if THEY themselves were charged with a crime and everybody said that they did it and were guilty. How about waiting until the investigation is over or is that too difficult?

Mob justice is not justice.

(07-15-2020 01:17 PM)MileHighBronco Wrote:  Felonies. Woah. Not messing around.

Regarding the protesters that have all prejudged the crime, I'm betting that they each individually would like due process to play out if THEY themselves were charged with a crime and everybody said that they did it and were guilty. How about waiting until the investigation is over or is that too difficult?

Mob justice is not justice.

Yeah, seriously.

So these people were given the option of leaving without facing charges or to be charged with a felony. Very magnanimous.

And they chose the felony.

The object of their protest is understandable. No one has to fear getting killed by a hoodlum or the police in their own home. The excuse that they were at the wrong address is NOT good enough. They killed one of the good guys a woman that works to save lives and perhaps even save one of the cops lives. There is no reason for this kind of police tactics as this ISN'T THE FIRST TIME that an innocent person gets killed by police going to the wrong address and y'all know it. There's no reason why the police can't wait for the "REAL" perp to step out of his house. It's easier to surprise a criminal (all it takes is common sense) like that than breaking into an innocent persons house. In such a scenario even a cop could get killed. I'm on their side. I didn't hear of any violence perpetrated against the AG so why were peaceful protestors arrested? Because he is the AG? This is like the mayor of Seattle getting Ps'ed off because the Violent Antifas came to her house and the shoe was on the other foot. Perhaps and I mean perhaps if they had stayed in the streets instead of tramping on his manicured lawn then it might have been okay?

Ollie, I agree with you. While the facts known to us look very bad for those cops, the investigation is still ongoing and everybody should calm down and wait to see what they conclude.

I'm sure what these protesters are anticipating is another bad shooting incident where the cop faces no real consequences or charges or discipline from his department.

It enrages most everybody when police go to the wrong address and do this and face no consequences. It does kind of matter HOW they end up at the wrong address, who screwed up BUT.......they should face some consequences, especially if they killed somebody who was innocent.

As for this incident at the AG's house, they were given a choice and many chose to get arrested. I suspect that they figured it would be a misdemeanor, not a felony.

Quote:. I didn't hear of any violence perpetrated against the AG so why were peaceful protestors arrested? Because he is the AG?

Maybe you misread the article Ollie...

Quote:Each person arrested is charged with intimidating a participant in a legal process, a class D felony, and criminal trespass. Several of the demonstrators were also charged with disorderly conduct.

Protesting on private property = No-no...
Protest on public property... They wouldn't have had a thing done to them.

And they were given the chance to leave... No sympathy to any of them that were arrested. Zilch, nada, none.

(07-15-2020 02:38 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  The object of their protest is understandable. No one has to fear getting killed by a hoodlum or the police in their own home. The excuse that they were at the wrong address is NOT good enough. They killed one of the good guys a woman that works to save lives and perhaps even save one of the cops lives. There is no reason for this kind of police tactics as this ISN'T THE FIRST TIME that an innocent person gets killed by police going to the wrong address and y'all know it. There's no reason why the police can't wait for the "REAL" perp to step out of his house. It's easier to surprise a criminal (all it takes is common sense) like that than breaking into an innocent persons house. In such a scenario even a cop could get killed. I'm on their side. I didn't hear of any violence perpetrated against the AG so why were peaceful protestors arrested? Because he is the AG? This is like the mayor of Seattle getting Ps'ed off because the Violent Antifas came to her house and the shoe was on the other foot. Perhaps and I mean perhaps if they had stayed in the streets instead of tramping on his manicured lawn then it might have been okay?

I hear what you're saying.

This situation was very disturbing. But I don't know that it's the norm.

It's frustrating for perceived injustices to appear to get nothing more than a slap on the wrist.

But not all "perceived" injustices are actual injustices. And when activists jump on EVERY issue they cheapen the true injustices.

As far as the protests at the AG's house, no one has the right to Invade peoples' homes/property in a way that invokes fear among that person, family or neighbors.

Public officials/authorities have to make a choice: do they support the protesters or the people? I think their choices to date have become clear.

At some point they will have to support the people or they will be counted as the enemy.

(07-15-2020 01:09 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  Spoiler: He’s black and opposes mask mandates and doesn’t sound crazy about defunding police too.

Quote:LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Dozens of people were arrested Tuesday evening after staging a protest at Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s home in Graymoor-Devondale, calling for justice for Breonna Taylor. Taylor was shot dead as LMPD officers served a drug warrant at her apartment back in March.

Louisville Metro Police officers arrested 87 people in the demonstration, LMPD Sgt. Lamont Washington confirmed, after they refused to leave Cameron’s yard during a protest that began just before 5 p.m. Washington says officers were first dispatched to Ballard High School around 4:30 p.m. where the demonstrators reportedly met before following them to Cameron’s home.

Washington says the demonstrators were given the option to leave the area but refused.

Each person arrested is charged with intimidating a participant in a legal process, a class D felony, and criminal trespass. Several of the demonstrators were also charged with disorderly conduct.

Monday, Cameron reiterated that his office’s investigation into Taylor’s death is not complete and asked for the public’s patience.

Cameron released the following statement regarding the protest Tuesday evening:

“From the beginning, our office has set out to do its job, to fully investigate the events surrounding the death of Ms. Breonna Taylor. We continue with a thorough and fair investigation, and today’s events will not alter our pursuit of the truth. The stated goal of today’s protest at my home was to ‘escalate.’ That is not acceptable and only serves to further division and tension within our community. Justice is not achieved by trespassing on private property, and it’s not achieved through escalation. It’s achieved by examining the facts in an impartial and unbiased manner. That is exactly what we are doing and will continue to do in this investigation.”

Video @ Link

Quote:Former Miami Dolphins receiver Kenny Stills was among 87 protesters arrested outside Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s home Tuesday night as they advocated for the arrests of the police officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor in March.

According to the Louisville Courier Journal, Stills has been charged with intimidating a participant in a legal process — which is a felony — criminal trespass and disorderly conduct. The charges match those of the other 86 arrested during the protest encouraging Cameron to arrest the officers — identified as Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove — involved in Taylor’s death.

Stills and the other protesters — which included Real Housewives of Atlanta reality star Porsha Williams and rappers YBN Cordae and Trae the Truth — were released from police custody shortly after noon on Wednesday.

“You know why we’re out here. They need to arrest the cops and convict the cops that killed Breonna Taylor. We just want justice,” Stills said on his Instagram account’s live stream after his release. “Arresting us for sitting on grass but you don’t want to arrest the cops?”

Stills’ police mugshot shows him wearing a black t-shirt that reads “Breonna Taylor’s Killers Are Still Police,” in capitalized white lettering, and with the word still was underlined.

Taylor, an EMT and aspiring nurse, was shot to death by police in her own home on March 13 in what has been described as a “botched raid.” Officers barged into Taylor’s apartment in Louisville, as she lay sleeping, and fired 20 rounds upon entry after her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired his weapon at the door.

According to court documents in the case of the Commonwealth of Kentucky v Kenneth Walker III, the judge dismissed without prejudice the charges of first-degree assault and attempted murder of a police officer made to Walker. Walker has always maintained that he was shooting at what he thought was an intruder trying to break in. He was not hurt in the standoff that left Taylor dead.

Three months after she was killed, Taylor’s name has been chanted all over the country at mass protests against police brutality, which erupted after death of Minnesota resident George Floyd, also at the hands of police.

The four officers involved in Floyd’s death have been arrested and charged. Only Hankison was fired from the police department. In his termination letter Louisville police chief Robert Schroeder justified the firing by saying Hankison violating its policy on the use of deadly force by “wantonly and blindly” fired 10 shots into Ms. Taylor’s apartment on March 13.

Hankison has appealed his firing. The other two officers have been placed on administrative reassignment. None of the three have been charged with Taylor’s death, which is what prompted the recent protests at the Attorney General’s home.

Stills, who spent four seasons with the Dolphins before being traded to the Houston Texans prior to the 2019 season, has been one of the NFL’s most vocal voices for social justice issues. He’s been one of a handful of NFL players who has consistently knelt since 2016 during the playing of the national anthem in support of the protests Colin Kaepernick started to create awareness towards social justice issues, police reform and issues stemming from systemic racism.

During his tenure with the Dolphins, Stills had a strong presence in the South Florida community and was a two-time winner of the team’s Nat Moore Community Service Award and was its 2018 nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Honor.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell recently said that players should be allowed to express their frustration about social justice issues.

“We should have listened to our players earlier, including Colin Kaepernick, Eric Reid, Kenny Stills, Malcolm Jenkins and so many people really brought these issues to light,” Goodell said.

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Good for Kentucky! They have an AG who actually wants to uphold the law instead of social justice virtue signaling and genuflecting.

The rest of that utter disaster aside. What's stunning to me is they had the cojones to actually charge the boyfriend with attempted murder of a cop?!? Wha? Damn.

(07-15-2020 02:03 PM)umbluegray Wrote:  

(07-15-2020 01:17 PM)MileHighBronco Wrote:  Felonies. Woah. Not messing around.

Regarding the protesters that have all prejudged the crime, I'm betting that they each individually would like due process to play out if THEY themselves were charged with a crime and everybody said that they did it and were guilty. How about waiting until the investigation is over or is that too difficult?

Mob justice is not justice.

Yeah, seriously.

So these people were given the option of leaving without facing charges or to be charged with a felony. Very magnanimous.

And they chose the felony.

They all know it will be knocked down to misdemeanor trespassing and given a 250 fine and maybe a months "don't do this again" order.