“They care about your values.Kevin Cook is the author of “Waco Rising.” (Pamela Marin)Īuthor Kevin Cook dives deep into the siege and what happened after in his new book, “ Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America’s Modern Militias.” “Folks don’t care what you look like,” he said on the podcast. Even winning the nomination would be a history-making event for his party in Kentucky, though that’s something he rarely mentions and almost never dwells on publicly unless asked. One aspect that rarely comes up in the campaign is Cameron’s status as a trailblazing Black candidate. In an interview with The Associated Press, Cameron said the grand jury “ultimately” decided the charges in the case. Three of the jurors disputed Cameron’s account, arguing that Cameron’s staff limited their scope and did not give them an opportunity to consider homicide charges against the police in Taylor’s death. In announcing a grand jury’s findings in Taylor’s death, Cameron said jurors “agreed” that homicide charges were not warranted against the officers, because they were fired upon. Kevin Bratcher said the attorney general “stood strong” and ”never changed once” throughout the ordeal.Ĭameron’s handling of the Taylor case left many Black Louisville activists feeling misled. At Cameron’s recent Louisville-area rally, Republican state Rep. Offering a staunchly conservative message, Cameron mixes talk of faith and values with core GOP principles - supporting gun rights, fossil fuel production and a crackdown on crime and illegal drugs, while opposing abortion and pushing to give parents more say in school policies.Ĭameron says he was tested when demonstrators demanding justice for Taylor gathered outside his home. “We can have leadership that, when they protest on your front lawn, will still do what’s right without fear or favor,” he said at a recent campaign rally in suburban Louisville. But he’s turned protests over the case into an appeal for support from Republican voters, portraying it as an example of his steadfastness in the face of pressure. Cameron’s term as attorney general has been marked by a series of legal challenges against state and national Democratic policies, Cameron drew scrutiny for his handling of an investigation into the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor by police in 2020 during a botched late-night drug raid of the Black woman’s Louisville apartment in which no drugs were found.Ĭameron says Taylor’s death was a tragedy.
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