Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 Judge rules Breonna Taylor's boyfriend caused her death, throws out major charges against ex-Louisville officers WWW.CBSNEWS.COM The judge also threw out major felony charges against two former Louisville police officers accused of falsifying a warrant. Quote A federal judge has thrown out major felony charges against two former Louisville officers accused of falsifying a warrant that led police to Breonna Taylor's door before they fatally shot her. U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson's ruling declared that the actions of Taylor's boyfriend, who fired a shot at police the night of the raid, were the legal cause of her death, not a bad warrant. Federal charges against former Louisville Police Detective Joshua Jaynes and former Sgt. Kyle Meany were announced by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in 2022 during a high-profile visit to Louisville. Garland accused Jaynes and Meany, who were not present at the raid, of knowing they had falsified part of the warrant and put Taylor in a dangerous situation by sending armed officers to her apartment. But Simpson wrote in the Tuesday ruling that "there is no direct link between the warrantless entry and Taylor's death." Simpson's ruling effectively reduced the civil rights violation charges against Jaynes and Meany, which had carried a maximum sentence of life in prison, to misdemeanors. The judge declined to dismiss a conspiracy charge against Jaynes and another charge against Meany, who is accused of making false statements to investigators. Quote When police carrying a drug warrant broke down Taylor's door in March 2020, her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired a shot that struck an officer in the leg. Walker said he believed an intruder was bursting in. Officers returned fire, striking and killing Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, in her hallway. Simpson concluded that Walker's "conduct became the proximate, or legal, cause of Taylor's death." "While the indictment alleges that Jaynes and Meany set off a series of events that ended in Taylor's death, it also alleges that (Walker) disrupted those events when he decided to open fire" on the police, Simpson wrote. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 Quote "While the indictment alleges that Jaynes and Meany set off a series of events that ended in Taylor's death, it also alleges that (Walker) disrupted those events when he decided to open fire" on the police, Simpson wrote. Weird. Where are all the 2A-ers screaming about the injustice here? So weird. Maybe there's something I can't quite put my finger on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 Wow. That is bullshit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 Judge was appointed by Reagan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 39 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: But Simpson wrote in the Tuesday ruling that "there is no direct link between the warrantless entry and Taylor's death." What the actual FUCK?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 5 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: What the actual FUCK?! She put the bullets in her own body to frame the police! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 Cops not responsible for their own actions. Not a surprise. The original ruling was more surprising actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 Bullshit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 When you think about it, Taylor’s parents are ultimately responsible, she wouldn’t have even been there to begin with if not for them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Time to start the AJAB movement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outsida Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 7 hours ago, Jason said: Judge was appointed by Reagan. Those still exist??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 24 Author Share Posted August 24 Just now, outsida said: Those still exist??? This particular judge is actually considered to be in "senior status": Senior status - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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