Do you have any regrets?
About what happened or how you reacted
to things in the last two years.
I'm sure I have regrets in some of
the ways I reacted 'cause, you know,
I'm human with emotions that.
We were we were silenced for so long.
And I had to sit here and take
this this verbal and written abuse
from everybody for a year before
I was able to say anything and.
Having that done and knowing
the truth is just right there,
it's right there but but they
kept the curtain.
They wouldn't pull the curtain
back and show it,
so that frustration built up in me
and I've probably said some things
I probably shouldn't have said.
What about that email that you
don't regret the email at all?
I mean, the city this town was on edge,
the city was being barricaded,
preparing for Daniel Cameron's decision.
I mean, things were going to explode,
but you don't regret kind of
dropping a bomb like that.
No, nobody had these guys back.
Our command staff, especially the chief,
was a coward. I'll say that.
Nobody ever stepped up and
said I've got your back.
These guys needed that man they were
getting forever for that this was
what six months in eight months in
they were getting rajd with stuff.
I mean we've got guys on federal
indictment now guys in federal prison
for stuff they did during this.
Because there's only so much
that a human can take.
Got a badge on doesn't doesn't mean
you're not a dad, a son, a father,
a brother, a sister, you're human.
So when you take on so much
and your cup gets full,
that release goes somewhere.
And when your off days are cancelled,
your vacations are canceled and
every day you're taking the hits.
Some guys did some things that they
may have crossed the line and I
didn't want to see anybody else do
that and I wanted to let them know
that a lot of people really had
their backs scared to speak out,
but a lot of people in the
community had can we talk about
Kenneth Walker a little bit?
I know in your book you say
he's the one that's responsible
for Brianna Taylor's death.
Can you elaborate on that?
Yeah, I'll stick with that.
I think any man that's worth
his salt if you really thought
you were getting broken into,
why would you take your
girlfriend in the hall with you?
Why wouldn't you say babe get in the closet,
get under the bed, call 911,
do something somebody
trying to kick in our door.
Get the police here instead you you
trot her out there with you and then
not only that you leave her hanging you
dive out of the way and she's stuck.
And then after that you come out
and tell the police that she's
the one that shot the police.
I mean, it just doesn't get any
more cowardice or more lying
than that to me and I just think.
Have they done the right thing
and just come to the door and
I don't know with you know with
his history with in the phone of
people talking about hey Kenneth,
you went in on this on this robbery.
We're going to do it, he said,
how much 20 grand alright?
Well,
I always I always scope out my victims
ahead of time or I'll I do my homework.
I think it's the word to use.
I do my homework. Well,
that's why his mind instantly went to him.
Being home invaded because
obviously he was part of these type.
This type lifestyle,
so I don't know.
We've had plenty of cases in
Louisville where people bang on
the door to rob dope dealers and
they yell police search warrant.
And when the girl opens the
door a kid opens the door.
They stick a gun in their face and
they go in and rob them and I'm
not knowing that. Can you blame him
for grabbing his gun and being alert?
I don't blame him at all but 45 seconds
to a minute you had time to get dressed.
You had time to wake her up.
She got dressed, you got a gun,
why not come out?
Why not look through a window.
We were staying on the side too.
I mean there's a lot of things that I
feel could have been done differently.
I think just your first
action shooting isn't that,
and if you were in the hallway
once he was in the hallway,
it's impossible that he didn't
hear a show in police right there,
impossible.
You said his first action shooting
you wouldn't have done that if
someone was banging on your door
in the middle of the night. How
they're yelling? Well,
if they're yelling police search warrant,
he said, Brianna yelled, who is it?
Maybe she did. But why wasn't he?
Why didn't you call 911 if you really
thought you were getting broken into again,
I just think you're putting her in a
situation that she didn't have to be in.
If you wanted to be there.
If you want to risk your life because
you thought you were going to protect
your home from burglars, you do that.
But a real man, in my opinion,
would ask his woman you
stay out of harm's way.
I've got this, that's how my thinking is.
Maybe that's not everybody.
Maybe that's a flaw on my part.
I'm not sure.
Do you have any disdain for him at all?
Now, maybe if I've been paralyzed
from the bullet, it'd be different.
And I've even told people on
record that I can understand
why the charges were dropped.
I don't agree with them.
I don't think a thorough
investigation was done into whether
he knew we were there or not,
other than asking neighbors
if they heard us announce.
So I can understand how the Commonwealth
would lose that case in court
because they could drum up reasonable
suspicion or reasonable doubt to
say there's no way he heard in the
back bedroom or the TV was on or whatever.
So I've accepted that because
I'm logical and I can say.
Down the road,
if I were a jury on that jury on that,
I might even say there's reasonable,
not reasonable suspicion to
getting locked or to prosecuting.
But at the same time.
I don't believe him.
There was too many lies.
His stories changed too many
times in his interviews.
Each one has a different different way.
He did things different ending,
blaming her blame.
You know,
it's just it didn't add up.
What do you think needs to be done
to bridge the gap between the Police
Department in this community and
do you think it can be salvage?
I think it can.
My dad always said where there's life,
there's hope and so that's always
been kind of my mantra and I think I
think it needs to start at the top.
And here's here's the big problem.
So for years our department and
city have covered things up.
You look back at the explorer stuff.
Horrendous, horrible. You know.
I personally think the chief and mayor
or just as culpable for hiding it and
covering up 'cause we don't know what
atrocities took place after that.
So why aren't they being held
accountable for not acting on that?
That's their duty.
That's their job, and by them doing that.
And by covering up simple.
That's not simple, but other things.
The the community doesn't trust
the police and I don't blame him.
You know, if you held stuff from
me and intentionally lied to me,
I wouldn't trust you either.
So if they've got it,
if you want to be transparent,
be transparent.
You know none of this talk.
Don't give me political talk.
Give me action,
let me see what you're going to do and when.
If I screw up, you put me out there.
I screwed up, fire me, indict me.
Whatever you got to do.
But at the same time when your guys do good,
you got to stand up for them also.
But you have.
You can't stand up for me if you
haven't stood up for the bad and
said there and called out the bad.
And said this is wrong.
This has gotta change and do something.
So until they do that,
they can't stand up and have any
credibility in the community.
And I think once they do that.
I think some trust can start
to be built and and we can.
We can make a change.
Do you have faith that this
administration could do that? No,
could walk the walk and not just talk it.
I mean, you saw the last
tweet the mayor put out.
It's instead of uniting.
There's a constant little
division in in in all these things
and he makes everything about
black white and it's just not.
And and it's so it's so frustrating
because it doesn't have to be that way.
You know, heartbroken to see.
The way the wivell.