LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB)– A Louisville intermediate school principal was among the 87 protesters who were jailed Tuesday throughout a presentation at the home of Kentuckys chief law officer.
Dr. Jeronda Majors, principal at Knight Middle School, was arrested on charges consisting of criminal trespass, disorderly conduct and frightening a participant in a legal procedure, which is a felony.
Jefferson County Public Schools spokesperson Renee Murphy said the district knew the matter however declined to respond to questions from WDRB News about whether Majors had actually been disciplined.
In a declaration Wednesday, Louisville Metro Police spokesperson Jessie Halladay said officers started felony charges against the protesters at Camerons house in part since they chanted that “if they didnt get what they want they would burn it down.”.
Majors was called principal of Knight Middle School in February. She began her career with the district and has actually stayed for almost 20 years, the district said in a news release in February. She got her undergraduate degree from Howard University, her masters from the University of Kentucky and her doctorate in leadership education from Spalding University.
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Majors was amongst protesters with the social justice company Until Freedom who gathered Tuesday afternoon for a sit-in on the front yard of the St. Matthews area house owned by Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron..
Protesters required justice in the Breonna Taylor case. Taylor, a Black woman, was shot and killed by 3 white Louisville Metro Police officers on March 13 during a raid on her apartment. Taylors death has stimulated across the country outrage and has prompted more than a month of protests in Louisville..
Agencies including Camerons workplace are examining Taylors death, but Cameron this week, regardless of mounting public pressure, again declined to state when the investigation might be completed.
