>>> DEVELOPING NEWS INTO THE
INVESTIGATION OF BREONNA
TAYLOR’S KILLING BY THE POLICE.
THE LOUISVILLE MAYOR TO BE
NSKTED FOR HIS HANDLING OF THE
CASE.
A PRESS RELEASE SAYING THEY WILL
BE INVESTIGATING THE ACTION AND
INACTION OF THE FISCHER
ADMINISTRATION.
THE FAMILY OF BREONNA TAYLOR
ACCUSED THE MAYOR AND POLICE
DEPARTMENT OF WITHHOLDING
INFORMATION COVERING UP THE
TRUTH.
THIS WEEK MARKS FOUR MONTHS
SINCE SHE WAS FATALLY SHOT
INSIDE HER OWN HOME EIGHT TYPES
AFTER POLICE USED A NO-KNOCK
WARRANT TO GAIN ACCESS TO HER
APARTMENT, AND THERE HAVE BEEN
ZERO CHARGES.
ONE OFFICER, THOUGH, HAS BEEN
FIRED FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
PROTESTERS CONTINUE TO FILL THE
STREETS IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,
IN FACT, MARCHING FOR RACIAL
JUSTICE, NOT JUST THERE BUT
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
ALL
ALL OF THEM DEMANDING CHARGES IN
THE CASE OF BREONNA TAYLOR.
HUNDREDS GATHERED AT THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL’S HOUSE IN
LOUISVILLE, DEMANDING ACTION.
87 OF THOSE PROTESTERS, BELIEVE
IT OR NOT, WERE CHARGED WITH
DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND
TRESPASSING.
ONE OF THOSE ARRESTED PROTESTERS
JOINS ME NOW.
PORSHA WILLIAMS, STAR OF THE
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
TELL ME A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR
DECISION TO JOIN THE PROTEST AND
SUBSEQUENTLY YOUR ARREST AND
RELEASE.
>> WELL, I DECIDED TO JOIN THE
PROTEST BECAUSE I, JUST LIKE
MANY AMERICANS, FEEL IT’S JUST A
COMPLETE INJUSTICE FOR IT TO NOW
BE 125 DAYS THAT WE ARE WAITING
ON JUSTICE FOR PRECIOUS BREONNA
TAYLOR’S LIFE.
AND FOR ME, LOVE IS AN ACTION
WORD.
SO I CAN’T JUST SIT AT HOME,
POST ON INSTAGRAM, ET CETERA,
AND FEEL LIKE I’M DOING
SOMETHING TO HELP THIS PUSH
FORWARD.
THIS ENTIRE SITUATION NEEDS TO
BE ESCALATED TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
AND FOR ME, WHATEVER IT TAKES TO
MAKE THAT HAPPEN, I WILL HAPPILY
BE A PART OF THAT.
I HAPPILY SACRIFICE MYSELF AND
MY FREEDOM IN THAT MOMENT TO
RAISE AWARENESS FOR BREONNA
TAYLOR.
JUST BECAUSE IT’S NOT IN THE
MEDIA.
JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU’RE
NOT SEEING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS
YOU WERE BEFORE, HER LIFE
MATTERS MORE THAN EVER NOW.
IF WE DON’T SEEK JUSTICE FOR
HER, IF SHE NEVER RECEIVES
JUSTICE, THAT’S AN INJUSTICE TO
ALL OF US AFRICAN-AMERICANS, ALL
HUMANS.
SO AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, I’M
INFURIATED.
I ACTUALLY WOULD LOVE THIS TO GO
TO THE SUPREME COURT.
I DON’T BELIEVE THAT LOUISVILLE
IS INVESTIGATING THIS PROPERLY.
IT’S COMPLETELY BOTCHED, AND SO
I AM DEFINITELY HERE TO USE MY
VOICE, MY PLATFORM, MY VERY BODY
AND BEING TO SEEK JUSTICE FOR
THIS BEAUTIFUL AFRICAN-AMERICAN
QUEEN.
>> TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE EXPERIENCE YOU HAD WITH
BREONNA TAYLOR’S MOTHER, A WOMAN
WHO I’VE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK
WITH ON THE AIR HERE.
I KNOW YOU POSTED ABOUT SPENDING
SOME TIME WITH HER.
TALK TO US ABOUT THAT
EXPERIENCE, WHAT YOU TOLD HER,
WHAT SHE TOLD YOU.
>> YOU KNOW, BREONNA TAYLOR’S
MOTHER IS A VERY STRONG SPIRIT.
I ONLY WAS ABLE TO MEET HER
BRIEFLY.
SHE ACTUALLY SAT OUTSIDE OF THE
JAIL AND WAITED ON ALL OF UNTIL
FREEDOM, THE ORGANIZATION I WAS
WITH, UNTIL WE GOT OUT.
WHEN WE GOT OUT AND I GAVE HER A
HUG, I COULD FEEL HER STRENGTH.
I COULD FEEL HER BEING THANKFUL
THAT WE WERE OUT THERE TRYING TO
GIVE HER DAUGHTER A VOICE,
MAKING SURE HER CASE GETS
JUSTICE, MAKING SURE THAT THESE
COPS ARE BEING ARRESTED FOR THE
MURDER.
SHE IS A VERY STRONG PERSON, AND
I ADMIRE HER, AND I DEFINITELY
WANT TO, YOU KNOW, ADMONISH
EVERYBODY TO CONTINUE TO PRAY
FOR HER AND HOPEFULLY I’LL BE
ABLE TO HAVE OTHER CONVERSATION
WITH HER IN ORDER TO BRING MORE
LIGHT TO BREONNA TAYLOR’S CASE.
>> TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT
YOU PLAN TO DO NOW.
YOU SAID LOVE IS AN ACTION WORD.
YOU CONSEQUENTWENT TO THE PROTES
PROTESTERS WERE ARRESTED.
BUT WHERE DO YOU SEE THE PUBLIC
PRESSURE CAMPAIGN AGAINST
OFFICIALS IN LOUISVILLE FOR SOME
KIND OF ACTION AGAINST THESE
POLICE OFFICERS?
>> I DO THINK IT’S A START IN
THAT THEY’RE INVESTIGATING GREG
FISHER.
I THINK THAT IT IS INCREDIBLY
NEGLIGENT FOR ANY OF THEM TO BE
ABLE TO LIE DOWN COMFORTABLY AND
SLEEP IN THEIR HOMES WHILE
BREONNA TAYLOR WASN’T AFFORDED
THAT RIGHT.
AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE ACTUALLY
JAILED, THERE WAS A STATEMENT
PUT OUT BY THEIR ATTORNEY
GENERAL BASICALLY SAYING HE’S
BEEN INVESTIGATING, ETHS CETERA.
WE ALL KNOW FROM THE FACTS THAT
HAVE BEEN PUT OUT IN THE PUBLIC
THAT THIS INVESTIGATION WAS
COMPLETELY MISHANDLED, SO IT HAS
TO BE ESCALATED TO THE NEXT
PLACE.
THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN FOR ME IS
THE FACT THAT THEY’RE
INVESTIGATING THEMSELVES.
THAT CANNOT BE THE PLACE.
THAT CANNOT TAKE PLACE AT THIS
MOMENT.
BE JUST BEING IN THEIR PRECINCT,
THEY’RE ALL FRIENDS.
THEY’RE BUDDIES.
SO IF YOU LISTEN TO THE
INVESTIGATION TAPES AS THE
INTERVIEWER IS INTERVIEWING THE
POLICE OFFICERS, SHE’S ACTUALLY
PUTTING WORDS IN THEIR MOUTH.
THAT’S A KNOWN TACTIC TO HELP
THEIR OWN.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GOOD
OLD BOYS CLUB.
WE ARE AT THIS MOMENT IN BLACK
LIVES MATTER TRYING TO DISMANTLE
WHITE SUPREMACY WITHIN OUR
POLICE SYSTEM, IN THE ENTIRE
SYSTEM.
SO, YES, WE ACTUALLY NEED AN
OUTSIDE GROUP TO COME IN AND
INVESTIGATE THIS.
THEY CANNOT POLICE THEMSELVES.
>> YEAH, SO JUST TO PICK UP ON
THAT, YOU DON’T BELIEVE THAT THE
OFFICIALS IN KENTUCKY, IN
LOUISVILLE RIGHT NOW, COULD
CREDIBLY INVESTIGATE WHAT
HAPPENED TO BREONNA TAYLOR.
FROM WHAT YOU’VE SEEN AND
LEARNED SO FAR ABOUT THIS CASE,
THERE IS SOME KIND OF -- NOT
MAYBE INTENTION AL OR NOT, BUT A
COVER-UP.
>> THERE IS ABSOLUTELY A
COVER-UP.
WHEN YOU CREATE BREONNA’S LAW
BANNING NO-KNOCK WARRANTS BUT
YET THE COPS ARE LYING AND
SAYING THEY ACTUALLY DID ALERT
HER WHEN THEY ENTERED INTO HER
HOME, THAT IS NOT TRUE.
THEY ACTUALLY SAID THEY THOUGHT
DRUGS WERE BEING MAILED TO HER
HOME.
THERE IS A COMPLETE STATEMENT
FROM THEIR MAILING SYSTEM, WHO
ACTUALLY SAID THAT THAT IS NOT
TRUE.
THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANYTHING BEING
SHIPPED TO HER HOUSE, YOU KNOW,
IN SUCH A NUMBER THAT THEY FELT
THEY NEEDED TO ALERT ANYBODY.
SO THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT
THINGS THAT ARE WRONG IN THIS
CASE AND SO MANY DIFFERENT
LEVELS OF COVER-UP THAT WE AS A
PEOPLE DEMAND THAT THERE BE AN
OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION.
I PERSONALLY DEMAND THAT THE
SUPREME COURT PLEASE STEP IN AND
CREATE JUSTICE.
LISTEN, IF SHE DOES NOT GET
JUSTICE, YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT
THE UNREST THAT WE ARE LIVING IN
NOW IS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE,
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR
COUNTRY WANTS TO.
I PRAY THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY FEELS
LIKE EQUAL HUMANS ON THIS EARTH.
THE FIGHT AGAINST RACISM IS NOT
JUST AGAINST BLACK OR WHITE.
WE ARE FIGHTING FOR HUMANITY.
PEOPLE ARE OUT HERE BEING
TREATED AS IF THEY’RE NOT EVEN
HUMAN.
SO IF ANYBODY LOVES AMERICA, IF
YOU LOVE YOUR FELLOW BROTHER AND
SISTER NO MATTER THE COLOR, I
WOULD ASK YOU TO USE YOUR VOICE
TO HELP PUSH THIS CASE TO THE