LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WBKO) - Dozens of people were arrested Tuesday evening after staging a protest at Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s home in Graymoor-Devondale, calling for justice for Breonna Taylor. Taylor, a 26-year-old former EMT, was shot dead as LMPD officers served a drug warrant at her apartment back in March.
Louisville Metro Police officers arrested 87 people in the demonstration, LMPD Sgt. Lamont Washington confirmed, after they refused to leave Cameron’s yard during a protest that began just before 5 p.m. Washington says officers were first dispatched to Ballard High School around 4:30 p.m. where the demonstrators reportedly met before following them to Cameron’s home.
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They were charged with a class D felony. Any felony charge will mess up getting a decent job, house/apt rental, and loans.
ReplyDeleteYou think these "entitled" EBT card parasites care abut getting jobs? And as far as housing as loans go they're "Rights" nowadays.
DeleteYeah, nothing like an arrest record to liven up your job resume. 'Social Justice' is fine as long as it doesn't interfere with showing up to work on time to most employers.
ReplyDeleteYa know, not to take sides, but... were they peacefully protesting on public property?
ReplyDeleteIf not, then, to the slammer with you!
If they were peacebly assembling in order to redress their government, the cops should be the ones in jail.
... and you don't get to play the "we told the crowd to disperse and they didn't" game on the arrests, as YOU ARE ALLOWED TO PEACEABLY ASSEMBLE TO REDRESS YOUR GRIEVANCES AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT!
Key phrase there being peaceably....
I don't try to follow any of these protests anymore, since they all seem to be the same. But you hit it on the nose, in saying that as long as they are peaceably protesting the governmental actions, they have the right to do so. When you step over the peaceable line, and threaten or intimidate someone, at that point you become a criminal.
DeleteI encourage everyone to protest things they are passionate about, no matter which side they are on. Even if they feel like guns are a bad thing, and want to protest them, so long as they do so peacefully, I say, fantastic. Because the more we can get everyone to exercise their God given rights, the greater chance we have of keeping our own God given rights, including the rights protected by the 2nd amendment.
Freedom is only real when it exists for all.
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They were trespassing and "attempting to intimidate a public official".
Delete"attempting to intimidate a public official".
DeleteShould not be illegal. Public officials should fear the citizens.
@Unknown: The difference is, this protest is against an actual wrongful killing by the police - unless you think that police are entitled to kill with no penalty for utter incompetence. There does not seem to be a solid factual basis for the search warrant. They broke into the couple's home in the middle of the night, without clearly identifying themselves according to the neighbors. When Taylor's boyfriend used a gun to defend against this home invasion, they fired many shots, but missed him and hit her.
DeleteAny group on my property represents a danger to me and to my family. That is my decision to make.
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