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Feds charge four current and former Louisville cops involved in deadly 2020 Breonna Taylor raid – including ex-detective who fired kill shots, but was cleared of criminal charges earlier this year

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;422d2e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>FBI Thursday arrested two former Louisville Metro Police department detectives&comma; and two current officers charged in connection with <strong>deadly Breonna Taylor raid<&sol;strong>  <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;422d2e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Joshua Jaynes has been arrested and charged by the FBI for adding a false statement to his sworn affidavit submitted while seeking the warrant <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;422d2e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>D<strong>etective Kelly Hanna Goodlett&comma; not only knew the claims to be false&comma; she embellished the misleading narrative contained in the affidavit <&sol;strong>  <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;422d2e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>As a result the &&num;8216&semi;no knock&&num;8217&semi; raid on Breonna Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s apt&period; on 13 March&comma; 2020&comma; was approved&comma; leading to her death<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;422d2e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The EMT was shot six time by officers after her boyfriend&nbsp&semi;Kenneth Walker returned their fire <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;422d2e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Ex-detective Brett Hankison&comma; now charged with civil rights charges in connection with the incident&comma; <strong>was cleared of criminal charges earlier this year<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;422d2e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Hankinson&comma; who fired the shots that killed Taylor&comma; was cleared in March of three counts of wanton endangerment&comma; after he was only charged for firing shots into a neighboring apt <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;422d2e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Sgt&period; Kyle Meany and detective Kelly Hanna Goodlett have also been indicted on federal charges  <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;422d2e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Louisville Metro Police Dept&period; organized the raid after Jayne and Goodlett concocted a narrative that Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s ex-boyfriend had been drug dealing at her apartment <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;08&sol;Joshua-Jaynes-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-414389" width&equals;"832" height&equals;"571"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Joshua Jaynes&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was fired by the Louisville Metro Police in January 2021&comma; in Kentucky&comma; for adding a false statement to his sworn affidavit for the &&num;8216&semi;no knock&&num;8217&semi; warrant to search Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s apartment over her drug dealer ex-boyfriend<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Four current and former Louisville Police officers have been charged by the FBI in connection with the deadly raid at Breonna Taylor’s apartment in 2020&period; <br>Ex-LPMD detectives Joshua Jaynes&comma; 40&comma; and Brett Hankison&comma; 46 are all facing federal civil rights charges for their actions in the Taylor investigation&period; <br>Current LMPD Sergeant Kyle Meany&comma; 45&comma; and detective Kelly Hanna Goodlett are facing the same charges&period; <br>Jaynes was fired by the Louisville Metro Police in January 2021&comma; in Kentucky&comma; for adding a false statement to his sworn affidavit for the  &&num;8216&semi;no knock&&num;8217&semi; warrant to search Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s apartment over her drug dealer ex-boyfriend&period; <br><strong>Related Articles&colon; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;10&sol;newly-released-interview-audio-reveal-cops-in-deadly-midnight-raid-that-killed-breonna-taylor-in-louisville-went-with-battering-rams-into-a-soft-target-lead-detective-claims-officers-rightfull&sol;"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;Breonna-Taylor-protest-banner-2&period;jpg&quest;resize&equals;174&percnt;2C131&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" alt&equals;""&sol;><&sol;a><figcaption><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;10&sol;newly-released-interview-audio-reveal-cops-in-deadly-midnight-raid-that-killed-breonna-taylor-in-louisville-went-with-battering-rams-into-a-soft-target-lead-detective-claims-officers-rightfull&sol;">Audio recordings from the investigation into the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor by Louisville Police have shed light on the events leading up to her death  It shows that &lbrack;&&num;8230&semi;&rsqb;<&sol;a><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;08&sol;Merrick-Garland-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-414403" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"555"&sol;><figcaption><strong>United States Attorney General Merrick Garland with Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for the Civil Rights Division&comma; announcing civil rights charges Thursday related to the botched Louisville Police drug raid where cops killed 26-year-old EMT&comma; Breonna Taylor in her sleep<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;08&sol;Kelly-Hanna-Goodlett-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-414390" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"1096"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Det&period; Kelly Hanna Goodlett&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; one of the four LMPD cops facing federal charges&comma; allegedly met with Jaynes in a garage in May 2020&comma; to discuss telling investigators a false story to &&num;8216&semi;cover up their unlawful conduct&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">On 13 March 2020&comma; Breonna Taylor&comma; a 26-year-old emergency medical technician&comma; was shot and killed by police who had carried out a nighttime &&num;8220&semi;no-knock&&num;8221&semi; warrant to storm her home while she was sleeping with her boyfriend&period; <br>Believing they were intruders&comma; her boyfriend fired one shot at the officers using a handgun he legally owned&period; The officers responded by firing 22 bullets&comma; killing Taylor with a shot to the chest&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<iframe width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;Dnr52ZUfboQ" title&equals;"YouTube video player" frameborder&equals;"0" allow&equals;"accelerometer&semi; autoplay&semi; clipboard-write&semi; encrypted-media&semi; gyroscope&semi; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen><&sol;iframe>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>US Attorney General Merrick Garland announces federal charges against officers involved in Breonna Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s death<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The fatal shooting of Taylor&comma; an innocent&comma; unarmed Black woman who was sleeping in her own bed at night &&num;8211&semi; coming on the heels of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis &&num;8211&semi; galvanized racial justice protests in the spring and summer of 2020 not only in US&comma; but around the globe&period; <br>Thursday The Department of Justice added four more Louisville officers to the list of cops charged over death of Breonna Taylor&period;<br>The charges against defendants Joshua Jaynes&comma; Kyle Meany&comma; Brett Hankison and Kelly Goodlett&comma; include civil rights violations&comma; conspiracy&comma; use of excessive force offenses and obstruction&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;08&sol;Breanna-Taylor-8&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-414391" width&equals;"841" height&equals;"828"&sol;><figcaption> <strong>Breonna Taylor &lbrack;photo&rsqb; was killed after officers executed a deadly no knock warrant on her apartment&period; Joshua Jaynes was sacked in January 2021 for adding a false statement to his sworn affidavit for the &&num;8216&semi;no knock&&num;8217&semi; warrant to search Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s apt&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Attorney General Kristen Clarke today announced the charges &&num;8211&semi; which include violating Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s civil rights&comma; unlawful conspiracies&comma; unconstitutional use of force&comma; and obstruction offenses&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>They claim that the LMPD’s Place Based Investigations Unit falsified the affidavit used to obtain the search warrant for Taylor’s home&comma; which then led to her death&period; <br>Garland also confirmed that Hankison&comma; who was cleared of criminal charges earlier this year&comma; has been charged with two two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;08&sol;Kyle-Meany-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-414395" width&equals;"843" height&equals;"602"&sol;><figcaption><strong>LMPD Sergeant Kyle Meany&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; has been charged with making a false statement to the FBI&comma; while Jaynes is accused of falsifying records in a federal investigation<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&&num;8220&semi;We allege that the defendants knew their actions in falsifying the affidavit could create a dangerous situation&comma; and we allege these unlawful acts resulted in Ms&period; Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s death&comma;&&num;8221&semi; U&period;S&period; Attorney General Merrick Garland <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;Dnr52ZUfboQ">said during Thursday&&num;8217&semi;s news conference<&sol;a>&period;<br>Charging documents state that three of the officers&comma; Jaynes&comma; Meany and Goodlett&comma; lied in order to obtain a warrant they used to search Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s apartment in an act that violated federal civil rights laws and led to Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s death&period; <br>Highlighting the nature of the officers complicity in the unlawful killing&comma; the AG said Jaynes&comma; a former Louisville Metro Police Department detective&comma; Meany&comma; a current LMPD sergeant&comma; and Goodlett a current LMPD detective&comma; also &&num;8220&semi;took steps to cover up their unlawful conduct&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;conspired to mislead federal&comma; state and local authorities who were investigating the incident&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Garland said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;08&sol;Brett-Hankison-6&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-414397" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"752"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Former LMPD detective Brett Hankison was cleared of criminal charges earlier this year and has now been charged with two two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Former Louisville Police detective Joshua Jaynes&comma; 40&comma; was sacked in January 2021 for adding a false statement to his sworn affidavit for the &&num;8216&semi;no knock&&num;8217&semi; warrant to search the apt of Breanna Taylor&period;  <br>According to the indictment&comma; Jaynes drafted and swore out a warrant affidavit for Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s home&comma; prosecutors allege in one indictment&comma; &&num;8220&semi;knowing at the time that the affidavit contained false and misleading statements&comma; omitted material information&comma; relied on stale information&comma; and was not supported by probable cause&comma;&&num;8221&semi; thereby willfully violating Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures&period; <br>Jayne is charged with conspiracy for acts intended to obstruct a federal investigation&comma; including arranging to meet with Det&period; Goodlett in a garage in May&comma; where they &&num;8220&semi;agreed to tell investigators a false story&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br>Jayne it is alleged in the third count&comma; knowingly falsified an investigative letter that was used in the preparation of the warrant&comma; by inserting false information suggesting Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s connection to alleged drug trafficking&period;<br>Kyle Meany has been charged with making a false statement to the FBI&comma; while Jaynes is accused of falsifying records in a federal investigation&period; <br>Kelly Goodlett&comma; Louisville Police detective Kelly Goodlett faces one count of conspiracy&comma; according to a third charging document&comma; for working with Jaynes&comma; to submit a false and misleading warrant application <br>Making up the quartet of persons charged by Feds&comma; Brett Hankison&comma; was cleared of criminal charges earlier this year and has now been charged with two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law&period; <br>Hankison is accused of depriving Taylor&comma; her boyfriend and her neighbors of their rights when he fired his weapon &&num;8220&semi;after there was no longer a lawful objective justifying the use of deadly force&period;&&num;8221&semi; After the two fellow officers returned fire&comma; Hankison proceeded away from the doorway to the side of the apartment to shoot 10 bullets through a window and glass door&comma; covered by blinds and a curtain&comma; &&num;8220&semi;with an attempt to kill&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the indictment said&period;<br>Until now Hankison was the only officer to be charged in relation to Taylor&&num;8217&semi;s death&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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