Anonymous juror challenges statements made by the Kentucky attorney general after clearing way to speak publicly

A grand juror in the Breonna Taylor case has spoken out, challenging statements made by the Kentucky attorney general and saying that the jury was not offered homicide charges to consider against officers involved in Taylor’s killing.

The anonymous grand juror’s comments on Tuesday came after a Louisville judge cleared the way for the the panel’s members to talk publicly about the secretive proceedings. The juror filed suit to speak publicly after Daniel Cameron, the Kentucky attorney general, announced last month that no officers would be directly charged in the March shooting death of Taylor during a botched narcotics raid. The grand jury charged one officer with endangering her neighbors.

Continue reading…

You May Also Like

‘Congratulations’: Klopp in bizarre row with BT Sport’s Kelly over Liverpool schedule

Liverpool lose James Milner to injury in draw at Brighton Klopp unhappy…

Alex Salmond, Nicola Sturgeon and the turmoil inside Scottish politics

With Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon giving evidence today, the Guardian’s Scotland…

Pressure on Tories to reveal ‘true source’ of party donations

Questions raised on loopholes in ban on foreign donations to political parties…