THAT BEGINS AT 9:00 P.M.
SAVANNAH?
>> BLAINE ALYNE ALEXANDER, THANK
VERY MUCH.
JOINING US IS BENJAMIN CRUMP, A
ATTORNEY FOR THE TAYLOR FAMILY.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
IT’S BEEN A DIFFICULT NIGHT.
PROTESTS, PROTESTS THAT HAVE
TURNED VIOLENT.
HOW IS THE FAMILY DOING THIS
MORNING, AND WHAT WAS THEIR
REACTION TO HEARING THIS
DECISION?
>> THEY WERE OUTRAGED.
THEY WERE INSULTED.
AND THEY WERE MOSTLY OFFENDED,
BECAUSE LIKE MY CO-COUNSELS SAM
AGUIAR AND LONITA BAKER, WE’RE
TRYING THE FIGURE OUT, WHAT DID
THE KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL,
DANIEL CAMERON, PRESENT TO THE
GRAND JURY?
DID HE PRESENT ANY EVIDENCE FOR
BREONNA TAYLOR?
IF HE DID, WHAT WAS IT, TO GET
AN OUTCOME LIKE THIS?
>> BEN, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
SAID YESTERDAY, APPARENTLY, PART
OF THE EVIDENCE THAT WAS PRE
PRESENTED WAS THIS IDEA OF
SELF-DEFENSE.
THAT THE OFFICERS ONLY FIRED
BECAUSE BREONNA TAYLOR’S
BOYFRIEND FIRED FIRST.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT
ARGUMENT?
>> WELL, CRAIG, THE SELF-DEFENSE
ARGUMENT IN KENTUCKY, AS IN MANY
STATES ACROSS AMERICA,
CONTEMPLATES THAT YOU CANNOT USE
VIOLENCE AGAINST A THIRD-PARTY
INNOCENT BYSTANDER LIKE BREIONON
TAYLOR
TAYLOR.
THE FACT HER BOYFRIEND, KENNY
WALKER, WHO HAS A RIGHT TO THE
SECOND AMENDMENT, LIKE ANY OTHER
CITIZEN, EVEN IF HE IS A BLACK
MAN, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS
INTRUDERS BREAKING INTO THEIR
HOME.
HE THOUGHT HE WAS PROTECTING HIS
WOMAN AND HIS CASTLE.
THAT BEGS A DEEPER QUESTION,
CRAIG.
WHY DIDN’T DANIEL CAMERON
PRESENT TO THE GRAND JURY
ANYTHING ABOUT THE LIE IN THE
PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT TO GET
THE NO-KNOCK WARRANT THAT
ALLOWED THEM TO BE -- TO BUST
INTO BREONNA TAYLOR’S APARTMENT
IN THE FIRST PLACE?
HER FAMILY, AS DO I, THINK THESE
PROCEEDINGS WERE A SHAM
PROCEEDING THAT DID NOT GIVE
BREONNA TAYLOR A VOICE.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE
CHARGE THAT WAS FILED?
I MEAN, HERE YOU HAVE ONE OF THE
OFFICERS NOW CHARGED WITH WANTON
ENDANGERMENT BECAUSE HE FIRED A
SHOT THAT ENDED UP IN THE
NEIGHBOR’S APARTMENT, IN THE
HAIL OF GUNFIRE THAT WAS
EXCHANGED THAT NIGHT.
>> YOU KNOW, THE WANTON
ENDANGERMENT CHARGE, IT JUST
DOESN’T MAKE SENSE.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, THEY HAD
WANTON ENDANGERMENT FOR THE
WHITE NEIGHBOR’S APARTMENT, THE
BULLETS GOING THERE, BUT NOT FOR
THE BULLETS GOING INTO BREIONONN
TAYLOR
TAYLOR’S BODY, NOR DID THEY HAVE
WANTON ENDANGERMENT FOR THE
BULLETS THAT WENT INTO THE BLACK
NEIGHBOR’S APARTMENT ABOVE
BREONNA.
IT UNDERSCORES WHAT I’VE SAID
MANY TIMES.
WE SEEM TO HAVE TWO JUSTICE
SYSTEMS IN AMERICA, ONE FOR
BLACK AMERICA AND ONE FOR WHITE
AMERICA.
I HAVE TO SAY THIS, IF YOU HAVE
WANTON ENDANGERMENT FOR SOMEBODY
SHOOTING BLINDLY, OR OFFICERS
SHOOTING RECKLESSLY, WOULDN’T
THAT RISE TO THE OCCASION OF
WANTON MURDER, IN BREONNA’S
CASE.
BECAUSE SHE DIED.
DANIEL CAMERON, YOU NEED TO MAKE
THAT ARGUMENT TO THE GRAND JURY.
BREONNA’S NAME WASN’T EVEN
LISTED ON THE INDICTMENT.
YOU TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY,
BREONNA’S FAMILY WOULD LOVE TO
SEE THE GRAND JURY TRANSCRIPT,
TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY EVIDENCE
PRESENTED FOR BREONNA TAYLOR’S
PERSPECTIVE.
I MEAN, NOTHING SEEMS TO SAY
THAT BREONNA MATTERED.
>> BEN, LAST QUESTION HERE.
I MEAN, THE STATE INVESTIGATION
APPEARS TO BE COMPLETE.
THERE IS THIS FBI INVESTIGATION
NOW.
HOW OPTIMISTIC IS THE FAMILY,
THAT THERE MAY BE SOME JUSTICE
ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL?
>> YOU KNOW, MY CO-COUNSEL
ATTORNEY, LONITA BAKER, FEELS
THAT THE FBI HAS DONE A LOT OF
WORK TO TRY TO LOOK AT EVERY
ASPECT OF THIS EXECUTION OF THIS
NO-KNOCK WARRANT, TO SEE IF
CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS WERE
DONE IN THIS CASE.
BUT, TRULY, THIS IS ABOUT
BREONNA TAYLOR.
AND IF YOU ARE A PARENT AND YOU
HAVE A DAUGHTER, IF YOU HAVE
CHILDREN, YOU CAN’T SLEEP
PEACEFULLY AT NIGHT, KNOWING
THAT THIS DAUGHTER OF TAMIKA
PALMER WAS ALLOWED TO BE
EXECUTED.
AND FOR OUR LEGAL SYSTEM TO SAY
IT WAS OKAY.
>> MR. CRUMP, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME THIS MORNING ON A DIFFICULT
MORNING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.