LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky State Rep. Attica Scott, her daughter and a local activist — who is running for mayor of Louisville — are suing for their arrest during last summer's protests over the police killing of Breonna Taylor.

Scott is joined by her daughter, Ashanti Scott, and Shameka Parrish-Wright in the lawsuit, which was filed against Louisville Metro Police Officer Alex Eades, another unnamed officer and Robert Schroeder, the former Interim Chief of the LMPD.

The three women were arrested on Sept. 24, 2020. The day before, Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced that no police officers would be charged for Taylor's killing, setting off days of protests around the city. 

On the night of the 24th, police accused the women of being out past a 9 p.m. curfew and joining a group that vandalized the main branch of the Louisville Free Public Library.

"In Breonna's name, neither I or my teenage daughter, who was arrested with me, would try to burn down a library that our people need," Scott told reporters after she was released from jail the morning after her arrest. 

According to the lawsuit, the women were trying to reach the First Unitarian Church on South Fourth Street, which served as a sanctuary for protesters, when police stopped and arrested them. The suit says this began a few minutes before the curfew ended. Scott was live streaming from her Instagram account during the incident.

All three women were charged with first-degree rioting, failure to disperse and unlawful assembly. Jefferson County Attorney Mike O'Connell later dropped the charges citing a lack of evidence.

The lawsuit accuses the officers of violating the womens' Constitutional rights by unlawfully arresting them "without probable cause or other legal justification." It further says the charges against them "did not have a basis in fact" and caused "loss of standing and reputation as a result of the false statements."

LMPD did not immediately respond to a request for a comment.