FRANKFORT, Ky. — Governor Andy Beshear defended his request for Attorney General Daniel Cameron to publish evidence in the Breonna Taylor case

Cameron said releasing any of the Breonna Taylor investigation would hurt federal investigators. The FBI is looking into possible civil rights violations.

Beshear said Cameron’s comments aren’t true because the two investigations are different.

“I don’t think a ballistics report, for instance, is going to have an impact on a civil rights investigation, and if they believe that it does, I think that the federal prosecutors can come forward and explain the specifics of that,” Beshear said. “But at this point, with the Attorney General saying he is not pursuing certain things, then I believe it makes it appropriate to provide the facts, the information, and the evidence. It’s about trusting the people of Kentucky.”

A grand jury returned an indictment against one of three officers involved the night Breonna Taylor was killed by police in March.

The charges against former detective Brett Hankison have nothing to do with Taylor’s death, though. 

The Kentucky National Guard and Kentucky State Police will stay in Louisville to monitor protests.

Beshear said their presence is to keep people safe.

“I want to say again that that presence is in no way intended to stifle people’s first amendment rights to give voice to any anger, frustration, but it is there to both keep people safe and ensure things like our hospitals can continue to operate when last night, they were absolutely needed,” Beshear said.

Before he took questions during his regular coronavirus update Thursday, Beshear took time to the two officers shot Wednesday night during protests, Major Aubrey Gregory and Officer Robinson Desroches.

“I want to condemn this act of violence in the most stark terms. It is absolutely wrong,” Beshear said. “And the answer to violence can never be violence.”

President Donald Trump also called Beshear to offer any federal assistance Wednesday night and Beshear said it was a good call. 

“Comments were that it appeared that we had things under control. He did make an offer if at a later point we needed additional assistance that he would provide it,” Beshear said. “But he stated and I agreed that at this time we have appropriate levels of law enforcement or peacekeepers there.”

Beshear also encouraged everyone in Louisville to honor the 9 p.m. curfew, which Mayor Greg Fischer extended through the weekend.