Grand Jury Postponed the Proceedings in the Breonna Taylor Case After Prosecutor Daniel Cameron Request Delay
The tape containing the grand jury proceedings on the Breonna Taylor case will be released on Friday, two days later than expected.
Daniel Cameron, the Kentucky attorney general, originally requested a week-long extension after saying he needed more time to redact the witnesses’ personal information from the recording, for protection reasons. On Wednesday, when the tape was supposed to be due, the Judge extended the time to Friday.
Is anyone surprised by this? 🙄 https://t.co/FQuzRL0aOi
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) September 30, 2020
The two Louisville police officers who shot Breonna Taylor weren’t charged by the jury. This news upset the public and sparked a second wave of powerful protests.
New #BreonnaTaylor news:
Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron requested a delay until Friday so he can “review” the Grand Jury recordings (probably to edit them heavily to fit his narrative).
THIS IS SHADY AF.@AriMelber
— Red (@Redpainter1) September 30, 2020
Kevin Glogower, a lawyer for an unnamed juror, said Cameron’s request for a delay was “an appropriate step” to protect the citizen’s personal information. The same juror filed a court motion for the proceedings to be made public. They also accused Cameron of using the jurors “as a shield to deflect accountability and responsibility” and of planting “more seeds of doubt in the process.”
If @KYOAG used the grand jury as a shield in order to not give justice to Breonna Taylor, we NEED to know! We need to know if Bre was disrespected in the courtroom. We need to know if there was transparency. We need the transcripts with no more delays! pic.twitter.com/1eDg6Kid04
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) September 30, 2020
The tape will be added to the record on Brett Hankison’s case. Hankison is a former Louisville police officer who was charged with three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment after he shot carelessly during a no-knock raid that jeopardized the life of Taylor and her boyfriend and resulted in Taylor’s death. Stew Mathews, the lawyer representing Hankison, didn’t oppose the delay.
According to Cameron, the tape is more than 20 hours long and will enlighten the public on the evidence, witnesses, and charges that were presented to the jury and give us insight into their conclusion. To learn more about Breonna Taylor and how to demand justice for her and her family please visit justiceforbreonna.org.
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