DOJ wants charges dismissed against ex-officers in Breonna Taylor case

The Department of Justice asked a federal judge to dismiss a case against the two former officers connected to the Louisville shooting that led to the death of Breonna Taylor.

Taylor, a Black woman, was shot and killed by Louisville police officers carrying out a warrant at her apartment in March 2020. 

The DOJ originally charged Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany in August 2022 under the finding that the officers used excessive force, created false information as a ploy to search Taylor’s home and covered up their wrongdoing. The two were fired from their posts following the accusations. 

Taylor’s death was followed weeks later by George Floyd, a Black man killed in Minneapolis. Both of the deaths led to nationwide outrage and protests condemning targeted police brutality. 

Jaynes and Meany had noted in previous court filings that neither of them was present at the raid that resulted in Taylor’s demise. The........

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