The Justice Division on Friday requested a courtroom to drop expenses in opposition to two former cops accused of offering false info on a search warrant that led to the deadly 2020 police raid on the residence of Breonna Taylor.
First bringing expenses in opposition to the officers in 2022, federal prosecutors alleged that Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany offered false info on the search warrant that allowed police to enter Taylor’s Louisville residence. They have been additionally charged with civil rights violations.Â
In a submitting Friday, an legal professional with DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, stated these expenses must be dropped, and stated the division has notified Taylor’s household of the transfer.
On this June 25, 2020, file picture, indicators are held up displaying Breonna Taylor throughout a rally in her honor on the steps of the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky.
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A federal decide had twice struck felony expenses in opposition to the 2 officers, decreasing them to misdemeanors, most just lately in 2025.
“The Authorities undertook an additional assessment of this matter,” in line with the submitting. “Based mostly on that assessment, and within the train of its discretion, the Authorities has decided that this case must be dismissed within the curiosity of justice.”
Whether or not the remaining expenses are finally dropped is as much as a decide, who has but to challenge a ruling.
Taylor was fatally shot within the 2020 raid that got here as plainclothes Louisville officers have been serving a warrant looking for Taylor’s ex-boyfriend, who they alleged was dealing medication, however who was not on the residence.
On this Sept. 18, 2020, file picture, two ladies maintain an indication of Breonna Taylor throughout a rally in Louisville, Ky.
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Officers broke down the door to Taylor’s residence, and her then-current boyfriend Kenneth Walker, who thought somebody was breaking into the house, fired one shot with a handgun, putting an officer within the leg.
Three different officers returned hearth, capturing 32 bullets into the residence.
A former Louisville officer, Brett Hankison, was convicted of a civil rights offense in reference to Taylor’s loss of life in the course of the raid and sentenced to 2 years and 9 months in jail.
