A federal judge has dismissed the most serious charge against two former Louisville police officers involved in the 2020 deadly raid of Breonna Taylor’s apartment.
On the night of March 13, 2020, Taylor was in her apartment with her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, when Louisville officers executed a no-knock warrant, which was later found to be based on faulty information. Walker shot at police as they charged through the door, believing officers were intruders. Officers shot into the apartment, firing the fatal one that killed Taylor.
Ex-officers Kyle Meany and Joshua Jaynes were initially charged with violating Taylor’s civil rights, a felony carrying a maximum sentence of life in prison. Prosecutors accused the pair of lying and including false information in the search warrant used in the botched raid on Taylor’s apartment…