Federal prosecutors have filed a motion to drop criminal charges against police officers who were accused of providing false information to obtain the search warrant used in the fatal raid on Breonna Taylor’s Louisville home.
The officers had been facing federal charges in connection with the March 2020 police operation that resulted in Taylor’s death and sparked nationwide protests calling for police reform and racial justice.
The case has been closely watched as one of the few instances where law enforcement officials faced federal prosecution related to Taylor’s killing during the botched drug raid at her apartment.
Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician, was shot and killed by Louisville Metro Police officers who were executing a no-knock search warrant at her residence. The incident became a rallying point during the 2020 protests following George Floyd’s death and other high-profile cases of police violence.
The federal charges against the officers centered on allegations that they had provided misleading information to secure the search warrant that led to the deadly encounter.
