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Report: Former Sooner Kenny Stills Arrested During Breonna Taylor Protest in Louisville

Stills and other protesters marched to the Kentucky AG's home and allegedly refused to leave

John E. Hoover

Former Oklahoma star and NFL wide receiver Kenny Stills, 28, was arrested during a protest in Louisville on Tuesday, according to the Louisville Courier Journal.

Stills and 86 other protesters were arrested after marching to the home of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron as they demanded action against law enforcement officers who shot and killed Breonna Taylor in March.

Stills, currently with the Houston Texans, was charged with intimidating a participant in the legal process, a felony, as well as misdemeanor disorderly conduct and criminal trespass. All 87 protesters were charged the same. He was released Wednesday morning, according to police reports, and now faces an October court date.

On Wednesday, Stills’ agent, Ryan Williams, reacted on Twitter.

Stills also posted on Twitter, saying the trouble he was in could be considered “good trouble.”

Kenny Stills arrest tweet

“Arrested for peacefully protesting,” Stills wrote. “While Breonnas Taylor’s murderers are still out on the street.”

A crowd of more than 100 protesters marched from Ballard High School in Louisville's East End to Cameron’s home. Of the three Louisville Metro Police officers involved in Taylor's killing, one has been fired but none have not been charged.

According to the newspaper, protesters stood and chanted on Cameron’s lawn, and “at (Cameron’s) request, they were trespassed from the property,” a police spokesman said, who added that all protesters were given the opportunity to leave before being arrested.

The spokesman said protesters were arrested “due to their refusal to leave the property and their attempts to influence the decision of the Attorney General with their actions.”

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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