We will continue that work, regardless of federal interference or your efforts to stop us.
Continue working to seek justice for Breonna Taylor and her family despite federal interference.
Occurrences
We will continue that work, regardless of federal interference or your efforts to stop us.
Evidence
DOJ announced federal civil-rights, conspiracy, obstruction, and excessive-force charges against four current and former Louisville officers related to Taylor's death.
DOJ found LMPD used excessive force, conducted invalid-warrant searches, unlawfully executed warrants without knock-and-announce, and discriminated against Black people.
McGarvey and Sen. Rand Paul announced a bipartisan Justice for Breonna Taylor Act to require officers to identify themselves before serving warrants.
McGarvey honored Taylor on the House floor and said, “We must speak up. We must say her name.”
McGarvey called DOJ's one-day sentencing recommendation for Brett Hankison morally reprehensible and deeply insulting.
AP reported prosecutors sought dismissal of Jaynes and Meany charges; McGarvey posted: “this is not justice.”
Assessments
The promise was framed as continuing to work for justice, not guaranteeing a final prosecution or reform outcome. During McGarvey's House term, he materially advanced the issue by introducing the Justice for Breonna Taylor Act with Sen. Rand Paul and continued public advocacy around DOJ actions and Taylor's legacy. Later federal setbacks mean the broader justice objective remained incomplete, but the specific rhetoric-focused promise to continue working was fulfilled in the same federal term.