THE
THE PAST
THE PAST HOUR ...ARRESTS MADE DOWN BY THE MAIN LIBRARY ON YORK
STREET,
INCLUDING A WELL KNOWN KENTUCKY
LAWMAKER.
LAWMAKER.
THIS
THIS GROUP OF PROTESTORS DID A LOT MARCHING AROUND THE CITY
TONIGHT...AND
COMPARED TO LAST NIGHT...NO
CONFRONTATIONS WITH POLICE UNTIL
THE
THE
THE ARRESTS JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO.
WHAS
WHAS 11
WHAS 11 NEWS HAS CONFIRMED THAT KENTUCKY REPRESENTATIVE ATTICA SCOTT OF LOUISVILLE WAS
ARRESTED TONIGHT , ALONG WITH
SEVERAL
OTHER PROTESTORS, IN THE PARKING
LOT OF
THE FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH BY
THE MAIN
LIBRARY.
ATTICA SCOTT HAS BEEN A STATE
REP
SINCE 2017 IN THE KENTUCKY
HOUSE. IT'S NOT KNOWN THE
CHARGES SHE
FACES...BUT VIDEO SHOWS SHE WAS
ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT.
WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE
TONIGHT OF THOSE PROTESTS AND CONTINUED REACTION
TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
DECISION.
LET'S BEGIN WITH STEVE JEFFERSON
AT
AT
AT 4TH
AT 4TH AND YORK WHERE SCOTT AND OTHERS
WERE ARRESTED TONIGHT.
TAKE
TAKE A
TAKE A LOOK AT ONE OF THE TENSE MOMENTS HERE
MOMENTS HERE TONIGHT...
HERE TONIGHT...
TONIGHT...
JESSIE
JESSIE COHEN HAS BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG WITH THE PROTESTERS
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. SHE SPOKE WITH SOME OF THEM BEFORE TONIGHT'S MARCH.
TONIGHT'S MARCH.
OBVIOUSLY
OBVIOUSLY I'M DEFINITELY SHOOK UP I WOULDN'T WANT TO SAY SCARED
BECAUSE
BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY
OBVIOUSLY I'M DEFINITELY SHOOK UP I WOULDN'T WANT TO SAY SCARED
BECAUSE
BECAUSE
I'M
I'M NOT
I'M NOT SCARED OF ANY POLICE OFFICER AT THE END OF THE DAY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TO JAIL I CAN
GO BACK TO JAIL IT DOESN'T
BOTHER ME AT ALL. BUT I'M DEFINITELY SHOOK UP FOR MY
PEOPLE.
FOR BREONNA YEAH, IT WAS WORTH
FOR THAT BUT ANY OTHER -- JUST
TO BE OUT HERE LIKE THAT NO
ARE YOU GOING TO CONTINUE TO
FIGHT
FIGHT
AND
AND BE
AND BE OUT HERE ON THE STREETS? NO THE WAY WE DO IT RIGHT NOW --
STANDING OUR GROUND, LETTING THE
PUBLIC -- LETTING THE WORLD SEE
US AS WE ARE. WE'RE NOT TRYIN TO
PUT ON FOR EVERYBODY... WE WANT
WHAT IS FAIR BECAUSE THE STRUGGLE GOES ON IT
DON'T STOP. AND WE NOT GOING TO
GIVE
GIVE
UP
UP JUST
UP JUST BECAUSE THEY MADE THAT DECISION. WE WANT JUSTICE
TONIGHT,
TONIGHT, ATTORNEYS FOR BREONNA TAYLOR'S FAMILY ARE JOINING OTHERS CALLING FOR
ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY GENERAL DANIEL CAMERON TO RELEASE THE GRAND JURY
TRANSCRIPT.
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT EVIDENCE
THE
THE
THE KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL, DANIEL
CAMERON, PRESENT TO THAT GRAND
JURY. DID HE PRESENT ANY
EVIDENCE ON BEHALF OF BREONNA
TAYLOR?
TYLER EMERY TONIGHT INTERVIEWED
A FORMER KENTUCKY ATTORNEY
GENE
RAL IN LOUISVILLE, AND A
INTERVIEWED A FORMER KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL IN LOUISVILLE,
AND A
AND A
AND A RETIRED LOUISVILLE JUDGE WHO ADVISED
GRAND JURIES...THEY ALSO HAVE
QUESTIONS....TYLER.
QUESTIONS....TYLER. DOUG, CAMERON'S ANNOUNCEMENT
YESTERDAY REVEALED DETAILS OF
THE
THE NIGHT
THE NIGHT BREONNA TAYLOR WAS KILLED...IT GAVE US
SOME
SOME MORE
SOME MORE INSIGHT INTO FORMER DETECTIVE HANKISON'S WANTON ENDANGERMENT CHARGES. BUT MANY
ARE STILL WONDERING...WHAT
WAS PRESENTED TO THE GRAND
JURY...AND
CAN ATTORNEY GENERAL CAMERON
RELEASE ANY OF THE GRAND JURY
INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC..AS
THE
GOVERNOR AND OTHERS HAVE CALLED
ON HIM TO DO?
IN HIS ANNOUNCEMENT...ATTO RNEY
GENERAL DANIEL CAMERON WOULDN'T
BE CLEAR ON ONE THING...WHAT WAS
DISCUSSED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS TO
THE
THE GRAND
THE GRAND JURY. SOT: KENTUCKY
SOT: KENTUCKY
KENTUCKY
CAMERON
CAMERON SPECIFICALLY WOULDN'T SAY WHETHER OR NOT HE- OR HIS PROSECUTORS- EVER RECCOMMENDED
ANY OTHER CHARGES FOR BRETT
HANKISON OR THE OTHER TWO
OFFICERS INVOLVED. THE GRAND
JURY DID INDICT HANKISON ON
THREE WANTON ENDANGERMENT
CHARGES.
CHARGES.
SOT:
SOT: 36:21 "THAT TELLS ME FROM MY EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
THAT
THAT NO
THAT NO OTHER CHARGES WERE PRESENTED." TONI STRINGER OF
LOUISVILLE...FORMER
DISTRICT COURT JUDGE AND LEGAL
ADVISOR TO
GRAND JURIES ...SAYS IF OTHER
CHARGES
WERE PRESENTED...THEY WOULD HAVE
BEEN REPORTED AS TRUE BILL OR NO
TRUE BILL.
TRUE BILL. SOT: 41:57 "WHEN YOU HAVE CHARGES YOU
WANT THE GRAND JURY TO CONSIDER
YOU
YOU MAKE
YOU MAKE RECCOMMENDATIONS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU BELIEVE THEY
SHOULD ACT ONE WAY
OR ANOTHER ON THOSE CHARGES." STRINGER...AND FORMER KENTUCKY
ATTORNEY GENERAL CHRIS GORMAN
SAY
GRAND JURIES MOST OFTEN LISTEN
TO THE PROSECUTION'S
RECOMMENDATIONS. SOT:
"THE OLD SAYING IS A GRAND JURY
CAN
INDICT A HAM SANDWICH IF THE
PROSECUTION WANTS TO. THATS
BASICALLY
TRUE."
BASICALLY TRUE." SOT:
TRUE." SOT: 39:26 "THATS THE INDICATION THAT
THE
THE
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL GOT THE RESULT THAT
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WANTED."
GORMAN SAYS ITS STILL POSSIBLE
CAMERON'S
PROSECUTORS DID PRESENT OTHER
CHARGES...BUT HE SAYS SOME
INFORMATION
SHARED IN SECRET WITH THE GRAND
JURY...CAN NOW BE RELEASED TO
THE PUBLIC.
THE PUBLIC. SOT:
PUBLIC. SOT: 51:19 "MY BELIEF IS THAT YOU
OUGHT TO REVEAL EVERYTHING YOU
CAN REVEAL WITHOUT AFFECTING THE
INTEGRITY OF THE
GRAND JURY PROCESS."
GORMAN SAYS THINGS LIKE THE FBI
BALLISTICS
BALLISTICS REPORT DON'T NEED TO STAY SECRET...ALSO...THE RACIAL
MAKEUP OF THE
GRAND JURY.
SOT:
YOU DONT HAVE TO REVEAL THE
NAMES OF
THE JURORS IN ORDER TO TELL THE
PUBLIC
PUBLIC
PUBLIC THAT THREE OF THEM OR FOUR OF THEM OR
TWO OF THEM OR NONE OF THEM WERE
BLACK."
BLACK."
BLACK." MANY PROCEEDINGS IN THE GRAND JURY DO
NEED TO STAY SECRET LEGALLY SO
AS NOT TO
TAINT A POTENTIAL JURY FOR THE
ONGOING FBI INVESTIGATION INTO
THE CASE. BUT- GORMAN SAYS THE
PUBLIC- AND MINORITY COMMUNITY-
SHOULD HAVE THE CHANCE TO SEE
THE FACTS OF THE CASE...AND KNOW
CONFIDENTLY THE JURY WAS
RACIALLY REPRESENTATIVE. SOT: 53:27 "THAT UNDERMINES THE
CONFIDENCE AND THE INTEGRITY OF
THE
THE SYSTEM AND THAT TYPE OF NONSE HAS TO STOP AND HOW DO YOU
STOP IT? YOU STOP IT BY
BEING TRANSPARENT." CAMERON IN HIS ANNOUNCEMENT
WEDNESDAY STATED HE WILL NOT
RELEASE ANY OTHER INFORMATION
RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE
GRAND JURY OR THE REPORTS
PRESENTED
TO THE GRAND JURY.
CAMERON IN HIS ANNOUNCEMENT
WEDNESDAY STATED HE WILL NOT RELEASE ANY
OTHER INFORMATION RIGHT NOW
ABOUT THE GRAND JURY OR THE
REPORTS PRESENTED
TO THE GRAND JURY.
LIVE FOR THE NIGHTTEAM...IM
TYLER
EMERY. DOUG.
EMERY. DOUG.
THREE
THREE COUNTS OF WANTON ENDANGERMENT... THOSE ARE THE CHARGES FORMER LMPD DETECTIVE
BRETT
HANKISON WILL FACE IN CONNECTION
TO THE
TO THE
TO THE SHOOTING THE NIGHT BREONNA TAYLOR WAS
KILLED.
BUT THE CHARGES DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING
TO DO WITH BREONNA TAYLOR OR HER
APARTMENT...
APARTMENT... THE NIGHTTEAM'S SHAY MCALISTER IS BACK AT
THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX WITH THE
STORY.
STORY.
TAKE
TAKE A
TAKE A LOOK INSIDE APARTMENT NUMBER THREE... CRIME SCENE PHOTOS SHOW THE
DAMAGE IN THE LIVING ROOM,
SHATTERED SIDE DOOR, BULLET
HOLES THROUGH WALL DECOR.
ATTORNEY GENERAL DANIEL CAMERON
SAYS IT WAS FORMER DETECTIVE
BRETT HANKISON THAT SHOT INTO THIS APARTMENT... ONE DOOR DOWN
FROM
FROM BREONNA TAYLOR'S... WHERE TWO ADULTS AND A FIVE YEAR OLD
WERE
WERE INSIDE. SOT- BRANDON LAWRENCE/ATTORNEY "ITS STILL PRETTY RAW... WHAT
HAS IT
BEEN... SIX MONTHS... BUT IT WAS
A
A
TRAUMATIC
TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE FOR HER." THE ATTORNEY FOR THE FAMILY WHO
WAS INSIDE WHEN IT HAPPENED
FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST HANKISON
AND THE TWO OTHER OTHER OFFICERS
WHO FIRED THEIR WEAPONS BACK IN
MAY... DESCRIBING A TOTAL
DISREGARD FOR THE VALUE OF HUMAN
LIFE.
LIFE.
LIFE. SOT- BRANDON LAWRENCE/ATTORNEY "THAT'S A REALLY STRESSFUL
EXPERIENCE AND THE FACT THAT
SOMEBODY DIED RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO
YOU." THE EXPERIENCE SO
TRAUMATIC-- THE ATTORNEY SAYS THE FAMILY HAD TO LEAVE THE
COMPLEX.
NOW-- THE ATTORNEY SAYS THEY ARE
MOVING FORWARD-- AND THE
CRIMINAL CHARGES ARE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SOT-BRANDON
LAWRENCE/ATTORNEY "THE CHARGES
SIMPLY MEAN JUSTICE IS MOVING FORWARD."
JUSTICE MOVING FORWARD NOW IN
TWO DIFFERENT COURTS... A CIVIL
COURT WITH THE LAWSUIT... AND
CIRCUIT COURT WITH THE
CRIMINAL
CRIMINAL CHARGES. SHAY MCALISTER-- WHAS11 NEWS.
TOMORROW WILL BRING THE KEY
ATTORNEY'S TOGETHER IN DOWNTOWN
TOMORROW
TOMORROW WILL BRING THE KEY ATTORNEY'S
ATTORNEY'S