FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Black attorney general choked up Wednesday when explaining why a grand jury didn’t seek criminal charges against police officers for Breonna Taylor’s death — but his sympathetic words fell on many deaf ears. Cameron, 34, elected last year as the state’s first Black attorney general, is a rising star in the Republican party and was a guest speaker at the GOP convention last month, where he declared himself a “proud Republican and supporter of President Donald J. Trump.” The president has placed the attorney general on the short list for a seat on the Supreme Court. People like Daniel Cameron are dangerous because they give the illusion of change, in its absence.”. My mother, if something was to happen to me,” he said, pausing as his voice faltered and he held back tears, “would find it very hard. The jury relied on evidence Cameron presented. Black attorney general chokes up during Taylor announcement. “I understand that as a Black man, how painful this is ... which is why it was so incredibly important to make sure that we did everything we possibly could to uncover every fact,” Cameron told a news conference in the capital of Frankfort. “A Black face in a high place doesn’t mean anything if it’s not about actually fundamentally decolonizing and tearing down the systems of inequality and inequity that have existed in this county since its founding,” Lewis said. By LISA J. ADAMS WAGNER and BRUCE SCHREINER September 23, 2020 GMT. Some reacted to Cameron’s remarks with anger, and claimed he was putting on an emotional show. “My heart breaks for the loss of Miss Taylor,” Cameron said. Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. Once a legal counsel for Senator Mitch McConnell, he became the first Republican to be elected to the office in more than 70 years. Associated Press reporter Haleluya Hadero in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, contributed to this report. “The time I spent working with our law enforcement community when I was Senator McConnell’s general counsel gave me the breadth of relationships, helping them confront what I, in many ways, think has become the public safety challenge of our lifetime — the drug epidemic,” he told the newspaper. Cameron, 34, elected last year as the state's first Black attorney general, is a rising star in the Republican party and was a guest speaker at the GOP convention last month, where he declared himself a “proud Republican and supporter of President Donald J. Trump.” The president has placed the attorney general on the short list for a seat on the Supreme Court. Commenting during his convention speech on nationwide protests for racial equality and against the police shootings of Black people, Cameron remarked, “Even as anarchists mindlessly tear up American cities while attacking police and innocent bystanders, we Republicans do recognize those who work in good faith towards peace, justice, and equality. If he understood that, he would not have made the choice to speak at the RNC and endorse a leader who is constantly spewing racist rhetoric. ... I’ve seen that pain on Miss (Tamika) Palmer’s face,” he said, referring to Taylor's mother. But Cameron added that under the law, the officers who fired their weapons at Taylor were justified in using force to protect themselves after they were shot at by her boyfriend. Daniel Cameron after being elected attorney general of Kentucky on Tuesday. Race for Los Angeles district attorney increasingly bitter, Commenting during his convention speech on nationwide protests for racial equality and against the police shootings of Black people, Cameron remarked, “Even as anarchists mindlessly tear up American cities while attacking police and innocent bystanders, we Republicans do recognize those who work in good faith towards peace, justice, and equality.”, He added that “Republicans will never turn a blind eye to unjust acts, but neither will we accept an all-out assault on Western civilization.”. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley), Connect with the definitive source for global and local news, By LISA J. ADAMS WAGNER and BRUCE SCHREINER, Portland police arrest 26 during protests, 28 arrested, tear gas used in Wisconsin protests, Families seek new investigations into old police killings, Indiana race opens up after attorney general's troubles. Some reacted to Cameron’s remarks with anger, and claimed he was putting on an emotional show. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron addresses the media following the return of a grand jury investigation into the death of Breonna Taylor, in Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. When Mr. Trump held a rally in Lexington on the eve of the election, he introduced Mr. Cameron by saying “a star is born.”. He served as Mr. McConnell’s legal counsel in Washington from 2015 to 2017, and since 2017 has worked at a private law firm. Lawren Taylor, a nurse educator in Baton Rouge, said Cameron “was being extremely hypocritical” in his remarks Wednesday. won his race for attorney general of Kentucky, a recent interview with The Lexington Herald-Leader. Mr. Cameron defeated Greg Stumbo, a Democrat who served as attorney general from 2004 to 2008 and was speaker of the state’s House of Representatives from 2009 to 2017. “If we simply act on emotion or outrage, there is no justice," he said. "I’ve seen that pain in the community.”. Adams Wagner reported from Decatur, Georgia. 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