National group behind demonstration at AG's house moving entire team to Louisville
The group behind a massive demonstration at Kentucky's attorney general's house is making Louisville its new home.
Until Freedom is a national organization focused on racial and social injustice. When they organized in Louisville in mid-July, more than 80 people were charged for occupying the lawn of AG Daniel Cameron, whose office is investigating Breonna Taylor's death.
Now the group plans to focus on Louisville in a more permanent way.
"We have made the decision to take residency in Louisville. YES. Our entire team is MOVING to live in Louisville for the foreseeable future. We are not playing games. We don’t just talk. We organize. We are ready to sacrifice time with our families, our careers to stand by what we believe in," the group said in an Instagram post.
They said they will organize "day in and day out" until those responsible for Taylor's death are held accountable.
When they took over Cameron's front yard, one of the group's co-founders, Linda Sarsour said, "We believe that our action ... will send a pressure point to the administration that they have to move quickly and that if they don't move quickly, we will come with triple and quadruple the number of people we will have today."
The organization drew some familiar names from out of state to that protest, including "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Porsha Williams, Yandi Smith from "Love and Hip Hop" and NFL wide receiver Kenny Stills.
All on the lawn were charged with a felony, but that charge was eventually dropped.