Federal prosecutors asked a judge Friday 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. Advertisement AdvertisementJudges have twice reduced a felony charge against each officer to a misdemeanor, saying there wasn’t a direct link between the false information in the warrant and Taylor’s death. Advertisement AdvertisementTaylor’s boyfriend at the time fired at the officers, and Taylor was killed as police fired back. Advertisement AdvertisementNeither of the two officers who did shoot Taylor was charged, after prosecutors deemed they were justified in returning fire into the apartment. “Breonna Taylor always deserved more than the scraps of justice she got.

Source: CNN March 21, 2026 10:15 UTC