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4 Police Officers Federally Charged With Civil Rights Violation in Breonna Taylor Death

Antonio Planas / NBC News
4 Police Officers Federally Charged With Civil Rights Violation in Breonna Taylor Death Demonstrators rally in front of the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 23, 2020, in protest following a Kentucky grand jury decision in the Breonna Taylor case. (photo: Drew Angerer/Getty)
04 August 22

Four police officers in Louisville, Kentucky, have been charged with civil rights violations related to the 2020 botched raid in which Breonna Taylor was killed, federal officials said Thursday.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the charges at a press conference Thursday, saying the Justice Department alleges that the offenses the officers are charged with "resulted in Ms. Taylor's death."

Det. Joshua Jaynes with the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department obtained the no-knock warrant used in the March 13, 2020 search of Taylor's apartment.

During the early morning raid, police shot and killed Taylor. Officers opened fire after Taylor's boyfriend, believing an intruder was trying to break in, fired a gun toward the door.

The bungled raid targeted Taylor's ex-boyfriend, a convicted drug dealer. That man, Jamarcus Glover, has said Taylor had no involvement in the drug trade.

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