Saturday, March 13, 2021, marks the one-year anniversary of Breonna Taylor’s death. It wasn’t only the tragedy of a young and promising life stolen that moved Kentuckians to action from Hazard to Paducah; it was also the insult of injustice.
Lawmakers are pushing two bills that would weaponize the criminal legal system to silence a population crying out for justice. Both House Bill 479 and Senate Bill 211 would be used to threaten protesters with excessive prosecution, deterring them from exercising their right to free speech.
If you only have time to call about a few bills, here's a list of what we're watching closely this week.
We're calling on Fayette County Attorney Larry Roberts to drop charges against peaceful protesters.
If you only have time to call about a few bills, here's a list of what we're watching closely this week.
We wrote the House Judiciary and Local Government Committees expressing our opposition to House Bills 309 and 479.