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AG Daniel Cameron rigged the grand jury to let Breonna Taylor’s killers
walk.
Help us replace Daniel Cameron and elect prosecutors who will defend Black
lives:

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John --

Last week, a grand jury failed to bring charges against the cops who
murdered Breonna Taylor. And last night, we found out why: Attorney
General Daniel Cameron didn’t let them.

That’s right, John: After pressure from Breonna’s family, BLM
Louisville, and Color Of Change members like you, AG Cameron finally
released recordings from the grand jury proceedings.^1 Here's what we
know:

AG Cameron didn’t recommend any charges for the killer cops. By his own
admission, he never even gave the grand jury the option to consider
charges in Breonna Taylor’s death.^2 Instead, Cameron said the cops who
shot Breonna six times were “justified in their acts,” recommended bogus
“wanton endangerment” charges, and then lied to our faces about the grand
jury proceedings on national TV.^3

We won’t let Daniel Cameron get away with this, John, and we
won’t stop demanding justice for Breonna Taylor.

Color Of Change PAC is fully committed to removing KY Attorney General
Daniel Cameron from office. We’ll use every tool we’ve got — digital and
TV ads, billboards, phonebanks, get-out-the-vote events — to show Cameron
the door and elect prosecutors who will actually fight for us.

Defeating prosecutors like Daniel Cameron won’t happen overnight, and it
won’t happen without a fight.

John, can we count on you to support our efforts to fire
Attorney General Daniel Cameron and elect prosecutors who will defend
Black lives? Choose an amount that feels powerful to you as an investment
in this critical work:

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Make no mistake, John: We knew a grand jury wouldn’t win
justice for Breonna, because prosecutors like Daniel Cameron completely
control the grand jury process. They choose who will sit on the jury, what
evidence is presented, and which witnesses can testify. They can even
recommend charges — so it’s no surprise that grand juries almost never
indict violent cops.

But the grand jury recordings reveal what happened behind closed doors,
and how Daniel Cameron did everything he could to ensure a favorable
outcome for the police officers who murdered Breonna Taylor.

In front of cameras, Cameron said that he walked jurors through “every
homicide offense, and also presented all of the information that was
available.”^3 In reality, he didn’t give the grand jury an option to
charge the three LMPD officers with her murder.^4 Cameron's office told
grand jurors they didn’t have enough time to show all the video footage
from the case. Instead of answering their questions, the prosecutors and
witnesses often implied the issues raised were not important.^5 Later,
Cameron admitted to stacking the deck against Breonna — claiming that
allowing the grand jury to consider a murder charge in her death would
have been “inappropriate.”^6

The only thing that has been “inappropriate” is Daniel Cameron’s handling
of this case and his unapologetic subservience to racist cops. That’s why
we demanded Cameron release the grand jury transcripts last week — and why
we need your help to send him packing as soon as possible.

[ [link removed] ]John, Color Of Change PAC can't power our fight for justice
without supporters like you. Will you chip in $3 a month to
support our ongoing efforts to remove Daniel Cameron and elect prosecutors
who will defend Black lives?

Attorney General Cameron delayed the release of these recordings because
he thought we’d lose focus and move on.^7 He thought we’d stop demanding
justice for Breonna Taylor, a Black woman murdered by Louisville police in
her own home.

He couldn’t be more wrong.
We won’t stop fighting, John, and we hope you won’t either.
Because as long as Daniel Cameron is handling this case, we’ll never get
justice for Bre. And as long as Cameron and prosecutors like him are in
power — in Louisville, in your city, anywhere — we’ll never win
real, lasting justice for Black people.

[ [link removed] ]We deserve elected officials who fight for us, not the police.
Together, with your help, we will elect those leaders — and throw cowards
like Daniel Cameron out of office.

Until justice is real,

-- Arisha, Scott, Malachi, Ernie, and the rest of the Color Of Change PAC
team

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References:

1. [ [link removed] ]Breonna Taylor grand jury recordings reveal chilling scene of chaos
and misinformation. Louisville Courier Journal, 02 October 2020.

2. [ [link removed] ]Grand jury not presented with murder charges against 2 officers in
Breonna Taylor's death, AG Cameron says. WDRB, 29 September 2020.

3. [ [link removed] ]It Sure Looks Like Daniel Cameron Lied About Breonna Taylor’s
Killing. New York Magazine, 30 September 2020.

This wasn’t the only dubious claim that Cameron expected the public to
take at face value. He also said that the grand jury agreed that Taylor’s
death was justified. “While there are six possible homicide charges under
Kentucky law,” he [ [link removed] ]explained, “these charges are not applicable to the
facts before us because our investigation showed — and the grand jury
agreed — that Mattingly and Cosgrove were justified in the return of
deadly fire after having been fired upon.” But the grand jury may not have
actually agreed.

4. [ [link removed] ]Kentucky attorney general says he did not present homicide charges
to grand jury in Breonna Taylor case. The Washington Post, 29 September
2020.

5. [ [link removed] ]Grand jury recordings capture dispute over Breonna Taylor’s final
moments, but not prosecutors’ recommendations. The Washington Post, 02
October 2020.

Much of the public criticism of Cameron’s handling of the case has
centered on what evidence his office presented to the grand jury and what
charges it recommended. At a news conference announcing the grand jury’s
decision, Cameron said that he walked jurors through Kentucky’s six
homicide charges, but he later said his office only suggested they indict
on wanton endangerment charges.

6. [ [link removed] ]Grand jury was never asked to mull homicide charges in Breonna
Taylor case. Politico, 29 September 2020.

7. [ [link removed] ]Release of grand jury proceedings postponed in Breonna Taylor case
after prosecutor requests delay. The Washington Post, 29 September 2020.


 
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