In the aftermath of the grand jury’s decision regarding Breonna Taylor’s case, activist Tamika Mallory called Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron a sellout for not directly charging the officers involved in Taylor’s death.
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On Friday, Tamika Mallory spoke out against the decision during a press conference in Louisville, Kentucky. She compares Cameron to the slaves who sold out their own to White slave owners during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade after he didn’t directly charge the officers involved in Taylor’s killing.
‘You are a sell-out, and you were used by the system to harm your own mama, your own black mama, ‘We have no respect for you, no respect for your black skin because all of our skin folk ain’t our kinfolk and you do not belong to black people at all.’
She also acknowleged that the decision was made on September 23, the same day in 1955 when the men involved in Emmett Till’s murder was acquitted by an all-white jury.
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‘Now I don’t know if it’s just that Daniel Cameron is stupid or that he is very, very, very clear about history and made a decision to wait six months and come forward with this announcement, this garbage that we received on the exact same day that Emmett Till’s family received the same results,’
Despite being Kentucky’s first Black attorney general, Cameron has faced numerous criticism from the public and celebrities for his involvement in Breonna Taylor’s case. Amonsgt all that, his office has released a statement:
‘Regarding today’s statements at the press conference, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but prosecutors and Grand Jury members are bound by the facts and by the law. Attorney General Cameron is committed to doing everything he can to ensure the integrity of the prosecution before him and continue fulfilling his ethical obligations both as a prosecutor and as a partner in the ongoing federal investigation.’
SOURCE: Daily Mail