5 Months After Breonna Taylor's Death, Kentucky Attorney General Finally Meets With Her Family

Well, it only took five months, but Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has finally met with the family of Breonna Taylor. While not much has been revealed about the meeting, the family and the familyโ€™s attorneys have expressed appreciation for the conference and appear to be somewhat hopeful that justice is earnestly being sought after.…

Well, it only took five months, but Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has finally met with the family of Breonna Taylor. While not much has been revealed about the meeting, the family and the familyโ€™s attorneys have expressed appreciation for the conference and appear to be somewhat hopeful that justice is earnestly being sought after.

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According to USA Today, the meeting included Taylorโ€™s mother, sister, aunt, a community activist and the familyโ€™s attorneys.

Cameronโ€™s office said in a statement that the attorney general met with the family to โ€œexpress his condolences,โ€ but they didnโ€™t provide additional information because the โ€œinvestigation remains ongoing, and our office of Special Prosecutions continues to review all the facts in the case to determine the truth.โ€

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From USA Today:

Tamika Palmer, Taylorโ€™s mother, said in a statement that she was glad Cameron sought the meeting Wednesday and that he โ€œseemed sincere and genuine.โ€ Palmer said Cameron didnโ€™t say which direction heโ€™s leaning, but that after the meeting, sheโ€™s โ€œmore confidentโ€ that โ€œtruth will come out and that justice will be served.โ€

โ€œWe let him know how important it was for their office to get all the facts, to get the truth and to get justice for Breonna,โ€ Palmer said. โ€œWe all deserve to know the whole truth behind what happened to my daughter.

โ€œThe attorney general committed to getting us the truth. Weโ€™re going to hold him up to that commitment.โ€

According to family attorney Lonita Baker, Cameronโ€”who hadnโ€™t even spoken to any of Taylorโ€™s family members before the Wednesday meetingโ€”told them he hadnโ€™t met with the family earlier because he didnโ€™t want it to interfere with the investigation.

Baker said Cameron claimed he is waiting on a ballistics report from the FBI as well as planned interviews and re-interviews with witnesses. She also said Cameron โ€œdid not give a timeline, however it is our position that weโ€™re not going to wait forever. We do want this resolved quickly and accurately so that Ms. Palmer and the family can get some answers as it relates to the murder of Breonna Taylor,โ€ CNN reports.

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who also represents Taylorโ€™s family, said he is hopeful that arrests will be made in connection to Taylorโ€™s death โ€œsooner rather than later.โ€

Crump noted that the meeting marked 150 days since Taylor was fatally shot in her homeย and said that โ€œwe expect, hopefully before 200 days, charges to happen.โ€

According to CNN, Crump and Baker also held a โ€œpositive, productiveโ€ meeting with Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and the city attorney on Wednesday in which the two โ€œheld no punches back.โ€

โ€œIt was intense, long meetings, but we thought it was productive,โ€ Crump said.


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