A federal judge has dismissed major felony charges against two former Louisville police officers accused of falsifying a warrant that led to the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor.
U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson ruled that the actions of Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, who fired a shot at police during the raid, were the legal cause of her death rather than the allegedly falsified warrant.
The ruling was issued on Tuesday and significantly reduced the severity of the charges against former Louisville Police Detective Joshua Jaynes and former Sergeant Kyle Meany.
Both had been charged with civil rights violations that could have resulted in life sentences. However, Simpson’s decision downgraded these charges to misdemeanors.
The federal charges against Jaynes and Meany were initially brought forward in 2022 by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland during a highly publicized visit to Louisville. […]
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