Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron files motion to keep Breonna Taylor grand jury files secret

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(CNN)Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron wants to keep grand jury proceedings and testimony secret in the Breonna Taylor case, according to a motion filed Wednesday.
A judge had given Cameron until Wednesday to respond to a motion, filed last week by an anonymous grand juror on the Breonna Taylor case, that seeks the release of recordings, transcripts and reports of the grand jury relating to the case.
The motion asked to "make a binding declaration" that the grand juror has the right to disclose information, particularly to avoid fears that Cameron would attempt to use the court's powers of contempt in case of a public disclosure.
Cameron led the investigation and presented the case to the grand jury.

The grand jury indicted former Louisville Metro Police Department detective Brett Hankison for first-degree wanton endangerment for allegedly shooting through Taylor's home into a neighbor's apartment.
He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Taylor, 26, was shot and killed by police in her home during a botched drug raid in March. The attorney general said that two officers who shot at Taylor, Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly and Det. Myles Cosgrove, were justified in their use of force because Taylor's boyfriend fired at them first, hitting Mattingly.
Last week, an attorney representing a grand juror suggested Cameron may have misrepresented to the public the case presented to the panel.
Cameron said grand juries operate in secret to protect the people involved.
"Allowing this disclosure would irreversibly alter Kentucky's legal system by making it difficult for prosecutors and the public to have confidence in the secrecy of the grand jury process going forward," he said Wednesday.
Oral arguments are set for Thursday in the case.

Cameron's motion references what he says is a similar case filed by a grand juror in the 2014 police-involved shooting death of Michael Brown in Missouri.
That anonymous grand juror sought to "talk about the experience of serving on a grand jury, the evidence presented and the investigation in a way that could contribute to the public dialogue concerning race relations," but was barred from doing so by state law that requires secrecy about grand jury deliberations.
The court rejected the grand juror's request to completely invalidate the state's grand jury secrecy laws, Cameron said. The case is going through federal court.
 
That AG ran his mouth and tried to run cover for those incompetent cops. Now the truth is saying this to him...
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There is a reason that Liberia is the only other country on the planet still with the grand jury bullshit. So much of our criminal "justice" system would be seen as unfathomable in any other country.
 
I still believe that cop who was fired shot the other cop. The AG knew this and still lied and said Kenneth Walker shot the cop. Thats why hes feaking out trying to suppress everything.
Bro they pulled Kenneth Walker's bullet and it had no traces of blood on it. I think @Dr. Truth posted the link to the article a while ago.

No way a bullet hits your femoral artery and not have blood on it... that's a place that, if a bullet severs it, you could die quickly from blood loss...
 
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He literally got 100% of the Black vote when he was elected...


I don't know if this is true but if it is it goes to what I tell people all the time. Don't just go by what people say about the person or how they look do you own research. It reminds me when dudes in here were doing the Kamala I'd a cop bullshit not realizing that shit was started by white people associated with Bernie Sanders.
 
Where are all the maga blacks that defend this coon?
I keep trying to these folks and the sambos among them that not all skin folk are kinfolk. Here's is an example of a skin folk working with them other folk to undermine black folk. Yet black folk are supposed to accept this coon as our brother and care what happens to him? Even if you aint a coon/sambo talking like that means you also can't be trusted.
 
75% of you faggits think that all skinfolk are our kinfolk smdh

Exactly...lotta cats are convinced every white person is spawn of the devil and all brown folks are lovin family..That character check is what i'm really concerned bout.

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Daniel Cameron, dump the panel and investigate the search warrant in Breonna Taylor's case
Ted Shouse
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In September 2020 Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced the results of the Breonna Taylor grand jury proceeding: A single officer would face charges for wanton endangerment of three people in apartments adjoining Taylor’s. At the same time, Cameron announced his intention to create a panel to study how search warrants are obtained and executed in Kentucky. On Jan. 21, 2021, Cameron established the makeup and duties of this panel. It is a disappointment.

Cameron’s panel is comprised of 18 members plus Cameron (or his designee) as the chairperson. Seven of the 18 are full-time law enforcement professionals. Six are police officers or prosecutors. One is the commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training — a position currently held by an ex-LMPD sergeant who was once the president of the River City FOP. Another three panel members will be appointed by Cameron at his unfettered discretion to represent the “Commonwealth at large.” That makes 10 of 18, plus the chair, with rock solid ties to law enforcement.

So what?

Only one of the 18 panel members has any experience advocating for people like Breonna Taylor who have their homes searched by the police. That is Kentucky’s chief public defender. One person out of 18.

The Kentucky League of Cities gets an appointment on Cameron’s panel. The Kentucky Association of Counties gets an appointment on Cameron’s panel. These are presumably for insurance reasons. Most Kentucky cities and counties purchase their insurance through these organizations and when search warrant executions go wrong, the police department and municipality are sometimes sued. So it seems that Cameron wants the insurance underwriters represented. But advocates for the private individuals? They get a single voice at the table.

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Cameron’s Jan 21 press release proclaimed his goal is to “establish Kentucky as a national model for how search warrants should be pursued and executed.” But he didn’t include a single nationally recognized expert on his commission. No law professor who has studied this issue? No national expert on the Fourth Amendment? Not even a criminal procedure professor from one of Kentucky’s three law schools? Instead he appoints county sheriffs and FOP officials. These appointments do not indicate an interest in becoming a “national model.”
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Cameron’s order states that the Commission “shall” conclude its work by Dec. 31, 2021. In legal language, “shall” is a command. It means that when the year ends, the commission will cease to exist — no matter what. Kentucky has a long history of blue ribbon panels and commissions that have been nothing more than talking shops where important issues go to die. Cameron’s commission feels like the latest in a long line of such commissions. Over half the members are intimately invested in maintaining the status quo. Another two are presumably there to avoid lawsuits. How much change can come from such a panel?

There is a far more practical way for Cameron to address the systemic problems associated with search warrants in Kentucky. When he presented the Taylor case to the grand jury, he withheld evidence regarding how the search warrant was obtained. Now we have former LMPD Detective Joshua Jaynes’ termination letter. In that letter former Chief Yvette Gentry clearly states her conclusion that Jaynes lied twice to a Circuit judge to get the warrant.

Surely we can all agree that lying to a judge to get a search warrant is wrong. We don’t need another commission to look at this. The answers are obvious. Reforming Kentucky’s search warrant process should begin with a thorough investigation of the warrant in Taylor’s case. If appropriate, the officers involved should be charged with crimes. That would send a clear message on how warrants should be obtained.

In an effort to insure this never happens again, Kentucky’s police and the courts should adopt a few simple reforms. The judges who review warrant applications should be randomly assigned. A recording of the interaction between judges and police officers should be made and shared with the defendant as soon as practicable after the warrant has been executed. Warrant applications that are rejected by judges should be filed and made available as exculpatory evidence to defendants. No-knock warrants should be banned statewide. Warrants based in large part on confidential informants should be given extra scrutiny — including revealing the name of the informant to the judge reviewing the application.

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Accountability and real reform are needed. A commission made up overwhelmingly of police officers and prosecutors and people with ties to the attorney general is not likely to lead to real reform.
 
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