He was acquitted by a jury of state charges earlier this year.Ī separate indictment said Jaynes and Meany both knew the warrant used to search Taylor’s home had information that was “false, misleading and out of date.” Both are charged with conspiracy and deprivation of rights. Bullets flew into a neighbor’s apartment, nearly striking one man. Hankison was indicted on two deprivation-of-rights charges alleging he used excessive force when he retreated from Taylor’s door, turned a corner and fired 10 shots into the side of her two-bedroom apartment. Garland said the officers who were at Taylor’s home just after midnight on March 13, 2020, “were not involved in the drafting of the warrant, and were unaware of the false and misleading statements.” “I’m proud of the work of our investigators and prosecutors.” “It is important that people not conflate what happened today with the state law investigation undertaken by our office,” Cameron said. Today the Justice Department put forth the charging documents to show we weren’t crazy.”Ĭameron, a Republican running for governor next year, said in announcing the indictment against Hankison in September 2020 that he would leave “issues regarding potential civil rights violations” to federal officials to investigate.Ĭameron said in a release Thursday evening that his office’s primary task was to “investigate whether the officers who executed the search warrant were criminally responsible for Ms. “We have always said this was a conspiracy to cover up the death of Breonna Taylor. “Thank God that Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron did not get the last word in regard to justice for Breonna Taylor,” Crump said Thursday.

Members of the grand jury later came forward to complain that Cameron’s office had steered them away from charges for the other officers involved in the raid. Protesters who took to the streets over months in Louisville were especially critical of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who presented only wanton endangerment charges against Hankison for a grand jury to consider in 2020.

Taylor’s boyfriend fired a shot that hit one of the officers as they came through the door, and they returned fire, striking Taylor multiple times. Taylor was shot to death by officers who knocked down her door while executing a search warrant. Hankison was the only officer charged Thursday who was on the scene the night of the killing. Louisville police said they are seeking to fire Goodlett and Meany. The charges named former officers Joshua Jaynes and Brett Hankison, along with current officers Kelly Goodlett and Sgt.

“Breonna Taylor should be alive today,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in announcing the charges, which include unlawful conspiracy, use of force and obstruction of justice. One of the officers was acquitted of state charges earlier this year. The charges - most of which stem from the faulty drug warrant used to search Taylor’s home - are an effort to hold law enforcement accountable for the killing of the 26-year-old medical worker. (AP) - The federal government filed civil rights charges Thursday against four Louisville police officers over the drug raid that led to the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman whose fatal shooting helped fuel the racial justice protests that rocked the nation in 2020.

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