LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have asked a judge 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 Friday 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."
Lawyers for the two didn't immediately respond to Friday requests for comment.
Judges have twice taken a felony charge against each officer and reduced it to a misdemeanor, saying there wasn't a direct link between the false information and Taylor's death. Prosecutors said after the second ruling that they decided to drop the cases.
Taylor was shot to death by police when they broke down the door of her apartment while serving a no-knock drug warrant looking for a former boyfriend who no longer lived there.
Taylor's boyfriend at the time fired at the officers, and Taylor was killed as police fired back.
Federal prosecutors under former President Joe Biden sought the charges against the officers, while President Donald Trump's Department of Justice has asked the only officer serving prison time related to Taylor's killing to be let out of prison while he appeals his conviction.
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