Judge dismisses charges against two ex-Louisville police officers in Breonna Taylor case
Source: ABC News
Judge dismisses charges against two ex-Louisville police officers in Breonna Taylor case
The ruling comes after the DOJ asked the judge to dismiss the case.
By Deena Zaru andSabina Ghebremedhin
March 27, 2026, 10:33 PM ET
• 6 min read
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A federal judge on Friday dismissed misdemeanor charges against two former Louisville police officers who were charged with providing false information on a search warrant that led to the fatal March 13, 2020, police raid at the apartment of Breonna Taylor. ... Taylor was fatally shot during the raid and her death prompted national outrage and fueled "Black Lives Matter" protests across the country.
The judge's ruling comes one week after the U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion asking the court to dismiss the charges against the two former Louisville police officers, Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany, who were also charged in 2022 with civil rights violations.
In Friday's ruling, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky senior judge Charles R. Simpson III wrote that the court "received and considered the Government's motion to dismiss [the case]" and has granted the motion.
"The Indictment and Superseding Indictment on file in the above-captioned case are hereby dismissed with prejudice as against both defendants, Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany," the judge wrote.
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