Friday, March 29, 2024

The Journal of Steffanie Rivers: Kentucky’s AG Is Face of Hypocrisy / VIDEO

*Daniel Jay Cameron has a time management problem. As Kentucky’s Attorney General, he is the face of law enforcement across the entire state. In May Cameron took over as special prosecutor in the Breonna Taylor case. Taylor was shot and killed in her home last March 13th by Metropolitan Louisville Police officers serving a no-knock warrant. Taylor was not the target of the warrant.

It’s been more than four months since she was killed. Details of the case continue to be released, including the revelation that Taylor lay dying on the floor of her apartment at least five minutes after she had been shot multiple times. Without police offering medical assistance. Or the fact that police lied to obtain the no-knock warrant for Taylor’s residence.

Police told a judge the warrant was needed because Taylor had received suspicious packages meant for a known drug dealer. But a post office inspector general said he never told police Taylor received suspicious packages. So they lied to the judge who approved the warrant. None of this has prompted the attorney general to file charges.

What has the AG been doing all this time? He proposed to his fiance, hosted their engagement party – complete with photos posted to social media – and their planning a wedding.

Recently, when protesters picketed on Cameron’s front lawn to demand he charge the three bully, liar, killer cops who murdered Taylor, Cameron was swift to have 87 of those protesters arrested and charged with everything from from misdemeanor trespassing to felony offenses. Yet, the three Louisville officers who killed Taylor remain free of criminal charges.

Brett Hankinson has been fired from the police department for blindly shooting into Taylor’s home from his post outside. The other two, Det. Myles Cosgrove and Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, still are on the police department payroll.

Last week when Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear planned to enact a statewide mask policy in public spaces to slow the spread of COVID-19, Cameron was quick to file a motion to block the governors the governor’s mandate. He’s the only attorney general in the United States fighting against its governor on this matter. Cameron said the policy infringes on the rights of Kentucky residents. Yet, he’s done nothing to conclude the investigation into Taylor’s death that infringes on the rights to bring closure and justice to her family. And that leads me to Cameron’s other issue: He has a conflict of interest problem.

When he campaigned to become the attorney general of Kentucky a year ago, Cameron ran on a pro ‘Law and Order’ platform. He boasted about his relationships with the Kentucky Sheriff’s Association, and Kentucky narcotics association. This is the same narcotics association in which Breonna Taylor’s killer cops are members. In his victory speech, Cameron thanked the Fraternal Order of Police union for their support.

Whenever there’s a question about unjustified use of deadly force by a law enforcement officer in the line of duty – such as in the case of Eric Garner in New York, Michael Brown in Missouri, George Floyd in Minneapolis, Elija McClain in Colorado and Breonna Taylor in Louisville to name a few – there’s always a police union representative there to justify the unjustifiable. Black police have labeled the FOP union as a White boy fraternity that does little to represent Black law officers and more to cover for the deadly use of force of White officers.

All these law enforcement organizations help put AG Daniel Jay Cameron in office. They’ve got him in their back pockets. So how would he explain any decision to file criminal charges against any law enforcement officer in the state of Kentucky? That’s why, despite all the evidence in Taylor’s case, Cameron has avoided filing criminal charges. He and his Louisville police cronies were getting away with murder for months, that is until George Floyd’s modern-day lynching video shined the spotlight on unjustified use of deadly force by police across the country. Now Cameron has to either file charges against law enforcement and face the consequences from his FOP friends or explain why he won’t file charges despite the evidence and face the wrath of Black America and others who are calling for accountability and justice for Taylor’s family.

If Kentucky residents had done their homework Cameron might not be their attorney general. And that leads me to his next issue: Cameron has an identity crisis problem.

Had residents there bothered to check and ask questions they would have realized Cameron, the 34-year-old Black republican, created a professional and personal life absent of Black people – unless you count him. He’s the token Black person in his own life. He’s the only Black person in his political campaign videos. The only other person of color, besides Cameron himself, I saw in the five-minute video was a Latina woman. Everyone else is White. Either his family refused to appear alongside him or he didn’t invite them to be a visible part of his campaign. That’s a problem!

And if that’s not bad enough, Cameron served as Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell’s legal council for two years. McConnell supported Cameron’s campaign for attorney general. So did President Donald Trump. Trump called Cameron a star of the republican party. As Senate Majority Leader, McConnell failed to act on Articles of Impeachment against Trump. He refuses to speak out against the president’s many presidential infractions and McConnell has been silent about calling for justice for Taylor’s family. Cameron’s association with these people is another red flag.

WhenTom Wise, Jefferson County prosecutor, recused himself from Taylor’s case, Cameron could have assigned another special prosecutor. He chose to keep the case within his office instead. Could this be a move to catch and kill any prosecution efforts?

If you remember, that’s how the National Inquirer covered for then-presidential candidate Trump. At least sixty legitimate stories were covered up. The publication paid sources for their stories, made them sign gag orders forbidding them from sharing with other news sources, then never published the stories. Owners of the National Inquirer are friends of Trump.

Cameron could be following the National Inquirer’s example by catching and killing the prosecution of the cops who unjustifiably shot and killed Taylor. Let’s keep the spotlight on Kentucky’s Attorney General Daniel Jay Cameron. Contact him on Twitter @kyoag or on Instagram @danieljaycameron. If we allow him to get away with it, Cameron might be married with children before he makes his decision public.

Steffanie Rivers
Steffanie Rivers

Steffanie Rivers is a freelance journalist living in the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex. Email her at [email protected] with comments, questions or speaking inquiries. Friend her on Facebook/StefanieRivers. Follow her on Twitter @tcbstef and on Instagram@tcbstef

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