Anonymous Grand Juror Says Panel Wasn’t Given Option To Consider Homicide Charges In Breonna Taylor Case
An anonymous grand juror who served on Breonna Taylor’s case has come forward to reveal that the grand jury was not given a chance to consider homicide charges against the officers who served a no-knock warrant at her home and fatally shot her.
The statement came after a judge ruled that the grand juror can release a public message against Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s case.
“The grand jury did not have homicide offenses explained to them,” the juror said. “The grand jury never heard about those laws. Self defense or justification was never explained either.”
The grand juror said the panel was only presented with wanton endangerment charges.
“Questions were asked about additional charges and the grand jury was told there would be none because the prosecutors didn’t feel they could make them stick,” the juror’s statement added.
“The grand jury didn’t agree that certain actions were justified, nor did it decide the indictment should be the only charges in the Breonna Taylor case. The grand jury was not given the opportunity to deliberate on those charges and deliberated only on what was presented to them. I can’t speak for other jurors but I can help the truth be told.”
Following the shocking revelation, Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and co-counsels Sam Aguiar and Lonita Baker released a statement,
“We now know what we suspected: Attorney General Daniel Cameron took the decision out of the grand jury’s hands. They didn’t allow the grand jury to do what the law says they have the right to do. This failure rests squarely on the shoulders of Daniel Cameron. He then brought Tamika Palmer in and lied to her, placing the result on the grand jury. Only because a brave member of that grand jury asked for permission to issue a statement and Judge O’Connell ruled on the side of transparency do we have this confirmation of AG Cameron’s dereliction of duties. The grand juror made it clear that jurors did not agree that certain actions by the police were justified and did not decide that wanton endangerment should be the only charges brought. AG Cameron did not explain homicide offenses to the grand jury and did not give the grand jury an opportunity to deliberate on those charges. It is a despicable miscarriage of justice that is disrespectful to the life of Breonna Taylor that AG Cameron white washed what his office presented to the grand jury.“We urge the appointment of a new independent prosecutor to do the work AG Cameron failed to do and seek justice for Breonna Taylor.”