LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The U.S. Justice Department has charged four Louisville police officers involved in the deadly Breonna Taylor raid with civil rights and other violations.Federal charges against former officers Joshua Jaynes, Brett Hankison and Kelly Goodlett, along with Sgt.
Kyle Meany were announced by U.S. Attorney Merrick Garland on Thursday.Garland said federal officials "share but cannot fully imagine the grief" felt by Taylor’s family."Breonna Taylor should be alive today," he said.Taylor, a 26-year-old Black medical worker, was shot to death by Louisville officers who had knocked down her door while executing the search warrant.
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.A protester holds a poster of Breonna Taylor, who was killed by in her own home Louisville police.
St. Paul, MN. January 18, 2021. (Photo by Tim Evans/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Garland said the officers falsified an affidavit that led to the search warrant, then crafted a "false cover story in an attempt to escape responsibility for their roles in preparing" the warrant.