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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — <\/span>A federal judge has dismissed charges against two former Louisville police officers who were accused of falsifying the warrant<\/a> used to enter Breonna Taylor\u2019s apartment the night police shot her to death.<\/p>\n U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson issued a one-page ruling Friday throwing out charges against Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany, two former officers involved in crafting the Taylor warrant.<\/p>\n Federal prosecutors asked a judge<\/a> last week to dismiss charges against the former officers \u201cin the interest of justice.\u201d Prosecutors noted that the court had already removed some felony charges<\/a> against Jaynes and Meany in previous proceedings.<\/p>\n Former U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced charges against Jaynes and Meany in 2022 in a high-profile news conference in Louisville, where Garland said \u201cBreonna Taylor should still be alive today.\u201d Garland said the officers at the scene who shot Taylor, 26, were unaware of the \u201cfalse and misleading statements\u201d in the warrant.<\/p>\n Taylor\u2019s boyfriend fired one shot at police after they broke down her front door with a battering ram. Police returned fire, striking Taylor multiple times in her hallway. Her killing along with the death of George Floyd in Minnesota sparked weeks of racial justice protests in the summer of 2020.<\/p>\n Jaynes was facing charges for conspiracy and falsification of records and misdemeanor civil rights violations. Meany was facing a charge for allegedly lying to federal investigators.<\/p>\n The warrant used to enter Taylor’s apartment alleged she was receiving packages for a suspected drug dealer and former boyfriend. The document said Jaynes had confirmed with the postal service that packages for the ex-boyfriend were going to Taylor\u2019s apartment. Investigators later learned that Jaynes had not confirmed that information with the postal inspector. Meany, a former police sergeant, signed off on the warrant. <\/p>\n Jaynes was fired by Louisville police in 2021 for being untruthful about the warrant. Meany was fired after he was charged in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n