Breonna Taylor’s case puts Kentucky’s first Black attorney general in the spotlight
CNNWashington CNN — With Kentucky set to make a highly anticipated decision soon in the state’s investigation into the police shooting of Breonna Taylor, all eyes are on the state’s trailblazing Republican attorney general, whose office is overseeing the controversial case. Kentucky’s Democratic governor, Andy Beshear, said last month that he expects a decision in the case to be made before the Kentucky Derby is held on September 5, but Cameron announced earlier this week that his office does not plan to make an announcement this week because “there is still additional analysis that must take place.” Taylor’s case, which helped spark nationwide protests over racial injustice this summer, has placed Cameron in the spotlight as activists demand that the officers responsible for her death be arrested, and it could serve as a pivotal moment in the 34-year-old attorney general’s career. ‘A star is born’ Cameron, the first Republican to hold the office of Kentucky attorney general in seven decades, is a protege of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, having served as the Kentucky Republican’s general counsel from 2015 to 2017, a role that included leading Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation process. Following Cameron’s election, Trump said in a tweet: “Great going Daniel, proud of you!” Cameron ran as an unapologetic conservative, which, along with a major assist from McConnell’s organization, helped boost him to a primary win over a sitting state senator and then a relatively easy general election victory over Democrat Greg Stumbo, a former speaker of the state House and a former state attorney general himself. After being named a special prosecutor, the attorney general noted that in light of the unrest her death helped stir, “there are sensitivities to this case because of everything that’s going on in this country, but at the end of the day my responsibility is to make sure that we get it right.” “We are working around the clock to follow the law to the truth,” Cameron said at a news conference in June.
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