REBECCA REYNOLDS YONKER Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. At least one Kentucky police officer connected to the fatal shooting of a Black woman, Breonna Taylor, is fighting a police move to terminate his employment.
An attorney for Louisville Metro Police detective Joshua Jaynes told The Associated Press on Wednesday that his client hasn’t done anything wrong and shouldn’t be disciplined in connection with a police raid in March that led to Taylor’s death. The shooting of the 26-year-old woman in her Louisville home sparked months of protests there amid national protests over racial injustice and police misconduct.
“I’m very troubled by the chief’s actions here, and I hope that we can challenge those proposed actions successfully,” attorney Thomas Clay said.
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In a letter to Detective Joshua Jaynes, LMPD interim Chief Yvette Gentry said she has the utmost confidence in my decision to terminate your employment for breaching department polices on truthfulness and search warrant preparations.
An attorney representing the detective, however, said Wednesday he thought the allegations against Jaynes are demonstrably wrong. I was not surprised that the pre-termination letter was delivered; we d heard rumors about that, said Jaynes lawyer, Thomas Clay. What did kind of surprise me were the grounds that are alleged as the basis for this termination action, Clay added. There are two of them: One, that he should have been at 3003 Springfield Drive when that search warrant was executed, and second was that he was untruthful in a statement he included in the search warrant affidavit. Â
Updated: 10:56 AM EST Dec 31, 2020 WLKY Digital Team Two Louisville Metro police officers involved in the Breonna Taylor case will meet with interim police Chief Yvette Gentry Monday after receiving pre-termination letters earlier this week. Det. Joshua Jaynes and Det. Myles Cosgrove were both notified of LMPD s intent to fire them Tuesday. Jaynes requested the warrant for the search of Taylor s apartment that resulted in her death. Cosgrove was one of the three officers who fired his weapon the night of the raid, hitting Taylor. Both officers were scheduled to meet with Gentry to plead their cases Wednesday but attorneys for Jaynes and Cosgrove asked to delay that meeting. Thomas Clay, who represents Jaynes, said he needs time to review the evidence LMPD s Professional Standards Unit has gathered to justify firing his client. The PSU began investigating whether any department policies were violated in the Taylor case after Attorney General Daniel Cameron co
By: CBS News
The Louisville Metro Police Department is moving to fire two of the officers involved in the raid that led to the police shooting of Breonna Taylor in March, attorneys for the officers confirmed on Tuesday. Detective Myles Cosgrove, one of the officers who opened fire during the raid, and Detective Josh Jaynes, who obtained the search warrant for Taylor s home, have both received pre-termination letters, their attorneys said.
Jaynes pre-termination letter, signed by Interim Police Chief Yvette Gentry, accuses him of lying on the application for the search warrant, according to a copy of the letter obtained by CBS News. In the application, Jaynes claimed he received information from a U.S. Postal Inspector that Jamarcus Glover, Taylor s ex-boyfriend, had been receiving suspicious packages at Taylor s apartment.