When Attorney General Daniel Cameron said the jury “agreed” with his decision to solely charge Brett Hankison, he seemed to imply that jurors had been allowed to weigh the option of charging all three officers. But that’s not true. Here’s what to know
Photo: Jon Cherry/Getty Images On September 23, as the country held its breath, a grand jury assembled in Louisville, Kentucky, handed down its decision on the killing of Breonna Taylor. Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced that only one of the officers present when Taylor was shot to death would be indicted on criminal charges. And the charges for that officer, Brett Hankison, were for wanton endangerment — for recklessly firing his weapon into surrounding apartments.
Why did a grand-jury member sue the attorney general? Grand-jury proceedings are carried out in secret, and the jury members only hear evidence presented by the attorney general. When Cameron said the jury “agreed” with his decision to solely charge Hankison, he seemed to imply that jurors had been allowed to weigh the option of charging all three officers.
“Did he present any evidence on Breonna Taylor’s behalf?” Taylor family attorney Ben Crump has asked about Cameron’s conduct during the proceedings. “Or did he make a unilateral decision to put his thumb on the scales of justice to help try to exonerate and justify the killing of Breonna Taylor by these police officers?”
When will the transcripts of the grand-jury proceedings be made public? Cameron’s office agreed within hours to the juror’s motion, saying that records of the grand-jury proceedings would be released by Wednesday of this week. But he then filed his own motion to delay, requesting a week to redact the names and personal information of witnesses and private citizens from the 20 hours of audio recordings. A judge granted him an extension until noon on Friday.
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