Ep. 238 - Kenny Walker is a hero and also needs our help

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Kenny Walker was Breonna's boyfriend, and he is a hero. On the night police broke into his home, in plain clothes, unannounced, when he and Breonna did nothing wrong, he used his legally owned firearm to protect his family. Now he's foolishly being charged with attempted murder. This cannot stand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yesterday we launched our campaign at stand with Brie.com and over a hundred thousand of you
0:06.2	have already joined our team to fight for justice for Brianna Taylor after she was brutally
0:11.7	shot and killed by police in Louisville, Kentucky.
0:15.0	But there is a hero in this case that we need to talk about, that we need to support who
0:20.7	actually needs our help right now.
0:23.0	And his name is Kenny Walker.
0:25.0	And as police barged into their home,
0:28.2	Kenny tried to defend Brianna and has been arrested
0:31.7	and now charged with attempted murder on a police officer, which is
0:37.4	outrageous.
0:38.4	I want to break down the horrible case against Kenny, tell you how much support he has from the family of Brianna Taylor.
0:45.0	They love Kenny.
0:46.6	And let's see how we can help him.
0:48.3	This is Sean King, and you are listening to
0:50.6	The breakdown. The breakdown.
0:54.0	The breakdown.
0:56.0	The breakdown.
0:58.0	The breakdown. The breakdown. Now over two months ago on March the 13th of 2020 win three renegade police officers from a horrible task force that had
1:17.0	inside of the Louisville Metro Police Department took a battering ramp in the middle of the night
1:26.0	without knocking, without announcing themselves,
1:29.0	and began trying to barge into the home of Brianna Taylor. There was a man in the house who tried to defend her, who tried to defend himself.
1:41.0	His name is Kenny Walker. And today I want to talk about Kenny because not only was he a hero that night, but he is now a victim himself.
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