LOUISVILLE, Ky. — UPDATE: The Jefferson County attorney has dismissed the felony charges for the 87 who were arrested in the Breonna Taylor protest held this week. According to WLKY, the office of the county attorney will work to have their records expunged of the felony charge.
The charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct will stand for now, according to WLKY. Neither of those violations are felonies.
Original Story: Kenny Stills was one of 87 people arrested outside the home of Kentucky’s attorney general protesting the death of Breonna Taylor.
Protesters with the social justice organization Until Freedom gathered for a sit-in on the front yard of a Louisville home owned by Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron on Tuesday afternoon.
Demonstrators were arrested after refusing to leave, police said.
NFL player Stills, 28, was one of those arrested later that evening. All 87 people were later charged with “intimidating a participant in a legal process,” a felony in Kentucky.
“Due to their refusal to leave the property and their attempts to influence the decision of the Attorney General with their actions, each person was charged with intimidating a participant in a legal process,” a police spokesman told The Washington Post.
Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of March 13 when police officers burst into her Louisville apartment using a no-knock warrant during a narcotics investigation. The warrant to search her home was in connection with a suspect who did not live there and no drugs were found inside.
The shooting set off weeks of protests, policy changes and a call for the officers who shot Taylor to be criminally charged. One officer has been fired, but no charges have been filed.
Investigation into the shooting is continuing.
Cameron said on Monday that he still has no timeline for when his office will conclude its investigation of the case.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.