President Trump praised Kentucky’s Democratic Governor Andy Beshear calling in the National Guard just hours before two police officers were shot at a protest that took place after a grand jury decision in the Brianna Taylor case.
During a White House press briefing President Trump said, “I will be speaking to the governor, we have a call scheduled. I understand he’s called up the National Guard. That’s a good thing. It’ll all work out.”
President Trump was asked what his message was to the Black community who felt that “justice had not been served.” President Trump cited his record saying that he loved the Black community and that he has done more for Black Americans than any other president, that is except for Abraham Lincoln.
Governor Beshear said that in anticipation of the grand jury’s decision in the case of the police-involved shooting, the city of Louisville made a general request for state assistance about a week ago.
Despite the anticipated violence Beshear still ordered the states’ attorney general to release all the facts in the case to the public.
“I believe that the public deserves this information,” said the governor. “So I previously made what I would call a suggestion to the attorney general, and now I’m making the request that he post online all the information, evidence and facts that he can release without impacting the three felony counts in the indictment issued today.”
One of the three police officers involved in the drug operation that led to the death of Taylor earlier this year was indicted on criminal charges Wednesday.
The grand jury decided that officer Brett Hankison would be indicted on three counts first-degree wanton endangerment 4 the shots that were fired into a neighboring apartment. The charges were not elaborated by the grand jury or the presiding judge.
A warrant for the arrest of Hankison has been issued and his bond is set at $15,000 cash. If convicted he faces up to five years in prison for each count.
Trump also acknowledged Kentucky’s Republican attorney general Daniel Cameron who presented his findings to a grand jury before they came to a decision saying that “he’s handling it very well.”
The indictment comes 194 days after 26-year-old Taylor was shot five times by officers who entered her home using a no-knock warrant during a drug investigation in March.
Upon investigation, authorities found that the bullets fired by Hankison had traveled into the neighboring apartment while three residents were home. Hankinson was not charged in Taylor’s death but instead for endangering her neighbor’s lives.
Attorney General Cameron called Taylor’s death a “gut-wrenching emotional case” and “the pain is understandable.”
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