A woman killed. No one on trial for the murder.
AP NewsBy DYLAN LOVAN and JEFFREY COLLINSMarch 20, 2026Federal prosecutors asked a judge Friday to dismiss the charges against two Louisville officers accused of falsifying the warrant that led police to raid Breonna Taylor’s apartment the night she was killed six years ago.Prosecutors said in a court filing that their review of the case showed the charges against former Detective Joshua Jaynes and former Sgt. Kyle Meany should be “dismissed in the interest of justice.”It’s unclear when the judge might rule on the request. A hearing is scheduled for April 3.Judges have twice reduced a felony charge against each officer to a misdemeanor, saying there wasn’t a direct link between the false information in the warrant and Taylor’s death. Prosecutors said after the second ruling that they had decided to drop the cases.
A little refresher on what happened that night. ChatGPT summary of the case...
What happened
- Police officers executed a late-night search warrant at Taylor’s apartment as part of a drug investigation.
- The warrant was a “no-knock” warrant, meaning officers could enter without announcing themselves (though police later said they did knock).
- Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, believed intruders were breaking in and fired a gun once.
- Police responded by firing multiple shots into the apartment.
- Breonna Taylor was hit and killed. No drugs were found in the apartment.
Reuters writes about the search warrant...
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday moved to drop a criminal case against two former police officers in Louisville, Kentucky, who were accused of falsifying a search warrant that led colleagues to fatally shoot Breonna Taylor, a Black medical worker, in 2020.[...]Joshua Jaynes, a former Louisville Police Department detective, and Kyle Meany, a former Louisville sergeant, were accused of depriving Taylor of her civil rights by making false and misleading statements on an affidavit used to justify the search of Taylor's home.The move is the latest by Republican President Donald Trump's administration to undo civil rights and police misconduct cases started during Democratic President Joe Biden's term, including those tied to high-profile killings by law enforcement. Taylor's March 2020 killing was condemned in street demonstrations that year as part of a larger protest movement over racism and policing.
Trump calls himself the "Law and Order" president, I call him the "Crooks and Thieves" president! AP News goes on to write,
Federal prosecutors under former President Joe Biden pressed charges against the officers. Under President Donald Trump, though, the Department of Justice asked that Brett Hankison, the only officer serving prison time related to Taylor’s killing, be let out of prison while he appeals his conviction.
How many crooks and thieves has Trump pardoned?
Over 1800 people granted clemency overall (pardons + commutations)!
- Barack Obama: 212 pardons
- George W. Bush: 189 pardons
- Bill Clinton: 396 pardons
Many of his pardons have been for political allies or high-profile figures, and many of them made large campaign donations or showed political favoritism.
In a way, it is good the feds dropped the murder charges... because now the state can pursue them.
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