‘Reduce the Likelihood… They Would Exchange Gunfire’: Bombshell New Indictment Against Former Louisville Cops Involved In Breonna Taylor Raid Provides Details Previously Unreported

The celebration was short-lived for two former Kentucky cops recently cleared of felony charges in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor — only to be indicted again by the U.S. Department of Justice this week. Now former Louisville Police Detective Joshua Jaynes and former Sgt. Kyle Meany are once again facing life in prison if convicted on the new charges. Neither cop was present during the raid but are accused of falsifying the warrant that led to the raid on March 12, 2020, resulting in her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, firing a shot at the intruders. Louisville police officers responded by firing 22 rounds, killing Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman with no criminal record who worked as an emergency room technician. Police arrested Walker on charges of assault and attempted murder of a police officer, but the charges were dismissed the following year. Former Louisville cops Joshua Jaynes, left, and Kyle Meany, right, were once again indicted for their role in the Breonna Taylor shooting death in 2020. (Photo: Jail mugshots and family photo of Taylor) Police claimed they had announced themselves before using a battering ram to break into the home, but Walker and neighbors say they heard no warning. ...