“I’m very shocked,” Scott said. She says she is innocent of all charges and was in search of an official sanctuary in the church peacefully before the curfew time.
According to police, a group of opponents began to harm “Downtown Louisville” – including a restaurant to break the windows and let the library throws a flare – County-Wide Curfew had been kicking at 9 pm.
Scott says she was arrested at 8:58 p.m., two minutes before the curfew began, when she and other protesters crossed the street to get to the sanctuary at the church.
“How could I have broken the curfew before the curfew started?” She asked.
The curfew, imposed by Mayor Greg Fisher on Wednesday before Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s announcement of a grand jury ruling in the Taylor case, does not apply to worshipers.
“In the name of Brenna, neither I nor my teenage daughter, who was arrested with me, tried to burn down a library that our people needed,” Scott told a news conference Thursday morning. “Those are some of the ridiculous allegations that are being leveled against us.”
Within five minutes of the video, Scott and fellow protesters were blocked by a police group in the alley between them and the church.
“Where do you want to go?” In the video Scott shows police booming, in the gear of some storms. Three minutes later an officer approached Scott.
“Ma’am is your phone recording?” The officer said.
“Yes, it is,” she replies.
“You want to close it so it doesn’t break, okay? Close it and put it in your pocket, okay, okay, go ahead and close it and put it in your pocket, I’m trying” as nice as I can Be, ”says the officer before speaking of the video.
At a press conference on Friday afternoon, LMPD chief Robert Schroeder explained that the “illegal assembly” was declared as members of the opposition group began damaging property.
“Even before this there was a curfew, it means people must disperse,” he said.
“An additional responsibility” to fight for justice
Scott defeated the 34-year-old executive in 2016 to become the first Black Woman in nearly 20 years to serve in the Kentucky Legislature. She says she is a certified anti-racism trainer and has a background in community planning and civic engagement.
“That’s who I am, so it’s natural,” he says of the protest, but the 48-year-old woman says she was never arrested before Thursday night.
“I actively tried to never get into that situation.” When asked if he regrets being arrested along with his daughter on Thursday night, he said, “Certainly not.”
“That’s when I decided to get justice for her and dedicate everything I had to Brona’s mother.”
It was announced on Wednesday that the grand jury would not blame any LMPD officials for Brona Taylor’s death. Instead, an officer who allegedly shot her in her apartment apartment accused her of endangering a first-degree warrant as some of the shots went into a neighboring apartment.
When asked about the Jefferson County Grand Jury’s decision, he said, “I’m sorry, I’m disappointed, but I’m not surprised. “That very clear justice was not given to Brenno Taylor, his family and the community.”
“The real heartbreaking thing my daughter said was, ‘Mommy, I wanted to be an EMT to help people and see things at ground level, but now I don’t know if that’s the case, because being an EMT didn’t save Brano Taylor.’
Scott plans to continue protesting.
“I’m a mom. I’ve talked to Brenna’s mother, Tamika Palmer, and it’s my responsibility as a woman, a black woman, to continue the fight.”
Scott spoke to CNN at a news conference before joining Taylor’s family, his attorney and social workers, urging the attorney general to release documents related to his office’s investigation of the case.
“This is just the beginning of our work to move from protest to politics,” he told CNN.
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