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WhiskeyGrinder

(22,145 posts)
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 08:52 AM Jul 2020

87 charged with felonies after Breonna Taylor protest at Kentucky attorney general's house

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/07/14/breonna-taylor-protests-protesters-march-louisvilles-east-end/5435972002/

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — More than 100 protesters took their calls for justice for Breonna Taylor to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron's front yard in Louisville's East End on Tuesday, where they locked arms while facing arrest.

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.
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87 charged with felonies after Breonna Taylor protest at Kentucky attorney general's house (Original Post) WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2020 OP
What an abuse of power. sinkingfeeling Jul 2020 #1
Guess they should have stayed on the street and away Hortensis Jul 2020 #2
You support felony convictions for protests? Voltaire2 Jul 2020 #4
I'm a liberal. I'd sentence them to counseling about Hortensis Jul 2020 #6
so again, just to be clear, the felony charge is 'intimidation' not trespass. Voltaire2 Jul 2020 #7
Post removed Post removed Jul 2020 #8
what exactly was 'straw'? Voltaire2 Jul 2020 #11
The white is screaming through your words Nature Man Jul 2020 #9
Funny, I'm imagining something more like groupthink in yours. Hortensis Jul 2020 #12
like the way those knucklehead knazi goons all got felony brandishing charges Voltaire2 Jul 2020 #13
This is, indeed, a liberal response. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2020 #10
Innocent woman killed; no charges filed except against upset citizens? struggle4progress Jul 2020 #3
The intimidation charge is bullshit and will likely get tossed Voltaire2 Jul 2020 #5
Can the Governor pardon? Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #14

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
2. Guess they should have stayed on the street and away
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 09:03 AM
Jul 2020

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)
4. You support felony convictions for protests?
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 09:13 AM
Jul 2020

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)
6. I'm a liberal. I'd sentence them to counseling about
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 09:17 AM
Jul 2020

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)
7. so again, just to be clear, the felony charge is 'intimidation' not trespass.
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 09:19 AM
Jul 2020

And you do understand that a felony arrest will hurt people for their entire lives, right?

Response to Voltaire2 (Reply #7)

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
12. Funny, I'm imagining something more like groupthink in yours.
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 09:40 AM
Jul 2020

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)
13. like the way those knucklehead knazi goons all got felony brandishing charges
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 02:16 PM
Jul 2020

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.

struggle4progress

(118,039 posts)
3. Innocent woman killed; no charges filed except against upset citizens?
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 09:09 AM
Jul 2020

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)
5. The intimidation charge is bullshit and will likely get tossed
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 09:16 AM
Jul 2020

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)
14. Can the Governor pardon?
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 04:04 PM
Jul 2020

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.

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