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https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/07/14/breonna-taylor-protests-protesters-march-louisvilles-east-end/5435972002/Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency room technician, was in her South End apartment when Louisville Metro Police fatally shot her just before 1 a.m. March 13 while serving a search warrant as part of a narcotics investigation.
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A police spokesman said Tuesday night that 87 people were arrested and each charged with Intimidating a Participant in a Legal Process (Class D felony), Disorderly Conduct 2nd Degree (Class B misdemeanor) and Criminal Trespass 3rd Degree. (Violation).
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In response to the protest, Cameron said that "justice is not achieved by trespassing on private property, and it's not achieved through escalation. It's achieved by examining the facts in an impartial and unbiased manner. That is exactly what we are going to do in this investigation."
Porsha Williams, of "Real Housewives of Atlanta"; Kenny Stills, a wide receiver for the Houston Texans, and Tamika Mallory are among those charged.
sinkingfeeling
(51,276 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)from the person's home. I'm on their side, but in this I have the same position as if it were a crowd of white supremacists gathered on Biden's lawn to demand he withdraw from the race because he refuses to protect their rights. Gathering at someone's home constitutes a threat merely by people feeling threatened. Keep to public property.
Voltaire2
(12,626 posts)seriously?
By the way the felony was not 'trespass' it was a bullshit 'Intimidating a Participant in a Legal Process' charge. So that is what you are supporting.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)about understanding and respecting the rights of other people and the functions the laws they break are intended to serve. Probably throw in some community service. After all, 87 peaceful protesters probably did some damage to property just by gathering there.
But it's the law on the books, and these protesters knew it. Or should have and do now.
Voltaire2
(12,626 posts)And you do understand that a felony arrest will hurt people for their entire lives, right?
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Voltaire2
(12,626 posts)Please elaborate.
Nature Man
(869 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)There really are such things as right and wrong, as actions protected by the law and ones with adverse legal consequences. Which group we align with, doing or opposing, doesn't affect that in the least. Size of group, a group of one standing alone or so many we can all hide in it and comfortably assume we must be right, doesn't matter either.
One standard of behavior for everyone, regardless of skin color, team jersey, or anything else.
That's why I threw in the analogy of white supremacist protesters on Biden's lawn. To help you understand what I mean instead of assigning your own mistaken interpretation.
Voltaire2
(12,626 posts)for taking over the Michigan state house armed with their precious guns?
Or the St Louis Mansion Nutjobs got charged with felony brandishing?
Oh wait.
Yeah, there certainly is just one justice system applied without discrimination.
Somewhere.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,145 posts)struggle4progress
(118,039 posts)Sure sounds like in Kentucky "intimidation of a participant in a legal process" might more accurately be described as "non-intimidation of a non-participant in an imaginary process"
Voltaire2
(12,626 posts)but meanwhile these people will get a felony arrest record, will get finger printed and dna sampled, and will incur legal fees.
It is intimidation indeed,. by malignant prosecution.
Midnight Writer
(21,547 posts)I actually don't endorse protests at people's homes, because it is an intimidation tactic, just like targeting family members (especially children).
But felony charges for this is ridiculous.