weigh them. the justice department has charged four current and former [inaudible] metro police officers with federal crimes related to it s taylor s death. i m conspiracies, unconstitutional use of force and obstruction offenses. federal charges announced today alleged that members of the place based investigations unit falsified the affidavit used to obtain a search warrant of s taylor s home. this act violated federal civil rights laws and those violations resulted in ms. breonna taylor s death. to raid breonna taylor s home last night. the officer who was fired from the police department for shooting blindly into taylor s home the justice department has been investigating the process of the removal of the police
was loud banging got no answer when breonna taylor s boyfriend feared it was a break-in, so he fired his gun once. that s when police blindly fired multiple rounds into the apartment, shooting breonna taylor. she did not receive immediate medical attention. she died that night. there were no drugs found in the apartment. so, for 874 days, breonna taylor s family and people across the country have been asking law enforcement to hold the police who killed her accountable. and at one point, in september 2020, just months after she was killed, it looked like maybe that day would come. a kentucky grand jury had a chance to indict three officers involved in breonna taylor s death. they indicted one. a grand jury charged him with three counts of wanton endangerment for shooting into a neighbor s apartment not for shooting breonna taylor. and he was later acquitted. fast forward today, when the federal justice department
weighed in. the justice department has charged four current and former louisville metro police officers with federal crimes related to it s ms. taylor s death. those offenses include unlawful conspiracies, unconstitutional use of force and obstruction offenses. federal charges announced today alleged that members of the place based investigations unit falsified the affidavit used to obtain a search warrant of s taylor s home. this act violated federal civil rights laws and that those violations resulted in ms. breonna taylor s death. the four officers charge include three officers part of the investigative unit which obtained the search warrant to raid breonna taylor s home last night. the fourth his brett hankinson
country have been asking the law enforcement to hold the police accountable for killing her and it looked like maybe that day would come, a kentucky grand jury had a chance to indict three officers involved in breonna taylor s death. they indicted one. the grand jury charged him with three counts of wanton endangerment for shooting into a neighbor s apartment, not for shooting breonna taylor, and he was later acquitted. fast forward to today. when the federal justice department weighed in. justice department has charged four current and former louisville metro police department officers with federal crimes related to ms. taylor s death. those alleged crimes include civil rights offenses, unlawful conspiracies, unconstitutional use of force, and obstruction offenses. federal charges announced today allege that members of the place-based investigations unit
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