Brett Hankison, Joshua Jaynes, Kelly Goodlett, Sgt. Kyle Meany: 4 Kentucky regulation enforcement officers confront federal bills in Breonna Taylor killing`

The U.S. Justice Part has charged 4 Kentucky regulation enforcement officers involved within the lethal raid that killed Breonna Taylor with civil rights violations.

Federal bills in opposition to former officers Joshua Jaynes, Brett Hankison, and Kelly Goodlett, alongside with Sgt. Kyle Meany was launched by U.S. Authorized skilled Common Merrick Garland on Thursday.

U.S. Legal professional Regular Merrick Garland, in saying the costs, acknowledged the Workplace of Justice alleges that the violations “resulted in Ms. Taylor’s lack of life.”

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Detective Joshua Jaynes, with the Louisville Metro Police Part, obtained the no-knock warrant made use of within the March 13, 2020, search of Taylor’s condominium.

Jaynes, Kelly Goodlett, who along with Jaynes was a detective within the Place-Centered Investigations system that investigated drug trafficking, and Sgt. Kyle Meany, who supervised the unit, have been being charged with falsifying an affidavit.

Jaynes and Goodlett are accused of misleading investigators probing the lethal taking photos.

Meany allegedly lied to the FBI, Garland talked about.

In a unbiased indictment, Brett Hankison was charged with making use of irregular pressure when executing the analysis warrant.

Hankison was terminated from the workplace in June 2020, although Jaynes was terminated in January 2021, Louisville regulation enforcement talked about in a Thursday assertion. The part can be on the lookout for to terminate Goodlett and Meany, the assertion talked about.