Photo: Craig Greenberg/ Twitter: @RunWithCraig / Courtesy
The Department of Justice declared the indictment of a Kentucky man who allegedly shot a mayoral candidate, Craig Greenberg, of Louisville in February of this year.
The federal court in Louisville charged Quintez Brown with using and downloading a pistol for a crime of violence in shooting and attempting to kill a candidate for elective office, according to the Justice Department press release.
The man, who has 21 years of age, faces the mandatory minimum in these cases of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life imprisonment if convicted of the charges against him.
At the end of March, Brown was also indicted by a state grand jury in Jefferson County, the Courier Journal reported.
The man is a local activist and candidate for the Louisville City Council and on February 04 allegedly shot Democratic mayoral candidate Greenberg in his office campaign. The bullet grazed Greenberg’s shirt, but he was unharmed , the same newspaper reported.
Brown was arrested immediately after the shooting and charged with five counts, but after two days he was released after paying a bond of 100,000 dollars and was ordered house arrest.
The defendant’s release prompted a protest from the Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell, who stated on the Senate floor in February that “less than forty-eight hours after this activist literally tried to assassinate a politician, the radical left bailed his comrade out of jail” .
The candidate for mayor also criticized the release of the shooter and issued a statement saying that the criminal justice system was “clearly broken”.
Last Wednesday, Greenberg published a video on the social network Twitter, where he expresses that his contact with armed violence would help him fight crime in the town.
This story is not one that our campaign ever wanted to tell. However, my wife Rachel and I thought it was important to share our experience with our community. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/JOKmioJcSn
— Craig Greenberg (@RunWithCraig) April 6, 2014
In the announcement about the video, Greenberg expressed that “this story is not one that our campaign wanted to tell”, but it “strengthened my determination” to end with violent crime in Louisville.
“My wife Rachel and I think that it was important to share our experience with the community,” he wrote. “Louisville has a violent crime crisis that is affecting too many families across our city.”
Also read: