Jaynes was not at the scene the night of the shooting but sought the warrant that sent police to Taylor’s home. Gentry said Jaynes lied about how he obtained some information about Taylor in the warrant.
An internal investigation by Louisville police found Jaynes violated department procedures for preparation of a search warrant and truthfulness. Jaynes acknowledged in a May interview with Louisville police investigators that he didn’t personally verify that a drug trafficking suspect, Jamarcus Glover, was receiving mail at Taylor’s apartment, even though he had said in an earlier affidavit that he had. Jaynes said he relied instead on information from a fellow officer.
Justice Department charges 4 Louisville police officers in Breonna Taylor investigation
Joshua Jaynes, a former Louisville police officer involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor, was arrested by the FBI Thursday morning.www.foxnews.com
"Specifically, we allege that Ms. Taylor’s Fourth Amendment rights were violated when defendants Joshua Jaynes, Kyle Meany and Kelly Goodlett sought a warrant to search Ms. Taylor’s home knowing that the officers lacked probable cause for the search," he added.
If they knowingly lied on search warrant applications, that is terrible.I don't have a problem with this.
If they can prove this case in court, the officers should be held accountable.
I mean why do we even need state level due process when the feds will just call a do-over on every outcome they don't like?Justice Department charges 4 Louisville police officers in Breonna Taylor investigation
Joshua Jaynes, a former Louisville police officer involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor, was arrested by the FBI Thursday morning.www.foxnews.com
Yes. If they prove their case, the rule of law should prevail.I don't have a problem with this.
If they can prove this case in court, the officers should be held accountable.
True. In the article it stated that the officer falsified information for the warrant and was fired, but apparently not prosecuted.Yes. If they prove their case, the rule of law should prevail.
I think the outrage is more about the perceived imbalance of enforcement by the DOJ. While I wouldn't classify this as an example of "weaponizing the DOJ" I think it is an example of apparent imbalance. It looks like some animals are more equal than other animals.
Jaynes was fired from the Louisville Police Department in January 2021 after his supervisors said he lied on paperwork that lead to the March 2020 raid on Taylor’s apartment, during which she was killed.
I find this difficult to comprehend. Was it something to do with timeline/recency of information used? At the time this was a hot topic, there existed excerpts from surveillance of Taylor driving her (at the time) boyfriend around to his drug safe houses and it was known that she allowed her address to be used by him to receive shipments
The only flaw in the process would seem to be the police not checking her relationship status on Facetube before serving the warrant. That she may have decided former boyfriend was bringing too much heat in no way made it LESS likely that former boyfriend was hiding there from the sweep of his 'business' locations nor that evidence of his drug dealing might be available there
What would have happened to anyone SWATted by the Jan 6th committee if their boyfriend fired on police during the raid? Live by the sword ...
But this week, federal prosecutors said Detective Jaynes had lied. It was never clear whether the former boyfriend was receiving packages at Ms. Taylor’s home. And Mr. Jaynes, the prosecutors said, had never confirmed as much with any postal inspector. As outrage over Ms. Taylor’s death grew, prosecutors said in new criminal charges filed in federal court, Mr. Jaynes met with another detective in his garage and agreed on a story to tell the F.B.I. and their own colleagues to cover up the false and misleading statements the police had made to justify the raid.
You don't understand venom over officers lying to get a warrant to no-knock someone's home? Even without the death, I do. This just adds someone getting killed because of it.Exactly. This is exactly the information I've read or heard about and don't understand all the venom spewed about this situation, except possibly people believing the misinformation the Left has put out about this case.
What I heard is different than what the feds are saying now. Not to mention, while a no-knock warrant was used, I had heard they announced anyway, negating the fact that it was a no knock warrant. At the time, most info I heard was that it was known that the location was known to be used for dropoffs for drugs and that she was aware of it. If it's true that this wasn't the case and the officers knew this, then yes it should be followed up on.You don't understand venom over officers lying to get a warrant to no-knock someone's home? Even without the death, I do. This just adds someone getting killed because of it.