By Andrew Goudsward
2026年3月20日 美国东部时间晚上9:58 更新于2小时前
（注：此处原内容”节点运行失败”为系统错误提示，非原文内容，已忽略）
- 摘要
- 特朗普政府司法部在内部审查后决定驳回案件
- 两名前警官被指控伪造搜查令
- 泰勒被杀引发关于种族主义和警务问题的抗议
WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) – 美国司法部周五表示，将撤销对肯塔基州路易斯维尔市两名前警察的刑事指控。这两名警察被指控伪造搜查令，导致其同事在2020年误杀黑人医疗工作者布雷娜·泰勒（Breonna Taylor）。
在法庭文件中，司法部律师表示，在联邦法官两次将最严重指控从重罪降为轻罪后，司法部已决定不再继续追究此案。案件撤销需经法官批准。
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共和党总统唐纳德·特朗普领导的政府正不断撤销民主党总统乔·拜登任内启动的民权案件和警察不当行为案件，包括与执法部门高调杀戮事件相关的案件。 2020年3月泰勒被杀事件引发了当年街头大规模抗议活动，成为反种族主义和警务改革运动的一部分。
- 案件背景
- 路易斯维尔前警察布雷特·汉基森（Brett Hankison）因侵犯泰勒权利被判有罪后，前警察布雷特·汉基森（Brett Hankison）的判决听证会当天，抗议者、执法人员和媒体记者聚集在吉恩·桑德联邦大楼前。
- 泰勒于2020年3月被警察在使用无搜查令闯入其住所时开枪打死。
- 案件细节
- 案件撤销的法律依据：联邦法官两次将最严重指控从重罪降为轻罪后，司法部决定撤销案件。
- 被告身份：约书亚·杰恩斯（Joshua Jaynes）和凯尔·米尼（Kyle Meany）均为路易斯维尔前警察，杰恩斯为前侦探，米尼为前警长。
- 指控内容：二人被指控在宣誓书中作虚假陈述，导致同事对泰勒住所进行非法搜查。
- 案件关联性：特朗普政府此前曾干预另一宗与泰勒被杀相关的联邦民权案件，包括要求对一名前警察判处1天监禁（尽管其未击中泰勒），但该警察最终被判处33个月监禁。
- 案件后续：司法部还撤销了路易斯维尔警方存在系统性民权侵犯的调查结论，并退出了拜登政府期间达成的和解协议。
- 各方反应
- 米尼的律师迈克尔·登博（Michael Denbow）在声明中表示：”凯尔对今天的文件提交感到无比感激，他期待将此事抛在脑后，重新开始生活。”
- 杰恩斯的律师尚未立即回应置评请求。
- 案件起因
- 2020年3月，泰勒在家中遭遇警方突袭时被误杀。当时警方在执行对泰勒前男友的无搜查令时，其前男友持有合法枪支并向警方开枪，导致警方向公寓内开枪22次。
- 警方在公寓内未发现任何毒品，而泰勒本人当时并未携带武器。
- 杰恩斯和米尼均未参与突袭泰勒公寓的行动，但被指控明知无合法理由仍提交了搜查令宣誓书。二人均不认罪。
- 司法政策动向
- 路透社报道称，在特朗普政府下，刑事检察官被要求提高法律门槛，以便在执法部门使用武力案件中提起诉讼。
- 特朗普政府还撤销了司法部对路易斯维尔警方系统性民权侵犯的调查结论，该调查是由泰勒被杀事件引发的独立调查。
- 案件影响
- 泰勒被杀事件成为美国反种族主义运动的标志性事件，引发全球关注。
- 此次司法部撤销案件，再次凸显了特朗普政府在执法和司法系统中对警察的保护倾向。
- 报道与编辑
- 报道：Andrew Goudsward
- 编辑：Rosalba O’Brien
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DOJ seeks to drop criminal case tied to police killing of Breonna Taylor in 2020
By Andrew Goudsward
March 20, 2026 9:58 PM UTC Updated 2 hours ago
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Protesters, law enforcement members, and members of the press gather in front of the Gene Sander Federal Building on the day of the sentencing of former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison for violating the rights of Breonna Taylor, who was shot and killed by police officers in March 2020 after they used a no-knock warrant at… Read more
- Summary
- DOJ under Trump moves to dismiss case after internal review
- Two former officers were accused of falsifying search warrant
- Taylor’s killing sparked protests over racism and policing
WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Friday moved to drop a criminal case against two former police officers in Louisville, Kentucky, who were accused of falsifying a search warrant that led colleagues to fatally shoot Breonna Taylor, a Black medical worker, in 2020.
In a court filing, DOJ lawyers said they no longer wanted to pursue the case following an internal review triggered by a federal judge’s decision to twice downgrade the most serious charge from a felony to a misdemeanor. A judge must approve the dismissal.
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Joshua Jaynes, a former Louisville Police Department detective, and Kyle Meany, a former Louisville sergeant, were accused of depriving Taylor of her civil rights by making false and misleading statements on an affidavit used to justify the search of Taylor’s home.
The move is the latest by Republican President Donald Trump’s administration to undo civil rights and police misconduct cases started during Democratic President Joe Biden’s term, including those tied to high-profile killings by law enforcement. Taylor’s March 2020 killing was condemned in street demonstrations that year as part of a larger protest movement over racism and policing.
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“Kyle is incredibly grateful for today’s filing. He is looking forward to putting this matter behind him and moving forward with his life,” Michael Denbow, a lawyer for Meany, said in a statement.
Attorneys for Jaynes did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Taylor was killed in March 2020 during a botched police raid after officers investigating a man Taylor had previously dated executed a no-knock warrant at her home. Her boyfriend, who was carrying a legally owned firearm, shot at police, prompting them to fire back 22 times into the apartment.
Police found no drugs in the apartment. Taylor was unarmed.
Jaynes and Meany were not part of the team that went to Taylor’s apartment. An indictment accused them of filing an affidavit despite knowing they did not have legal justification for the search.
Both pleaded not guilty.
Political appointees at the Trump Justice Department previously intervened in a second federal civil rights case tied to Taylor’s killing.
DOJ lawyers asked for a one-day prison sentence for a former Louisville police officer who had been convicted on a civil rights charge for firing into Taylor’s apartment, though his shots did not strike Taylor. A judge sentenced the former officer to 33 months in prison.
The Trump administration also rescinded the Justice Department’s finding of widespread civil rights violations by Louisville police, a separate probe spurred by Taylor’s killing. A federal judge granted the Trump DOJ’s request to withdraw from a proposed settlement agreement brokered under the Biden administration.
Civil rights prosecutors have been told there will be a higher legal bar to bring law enforcement use-of-force cases under the Trump administration, Reuters reported.
Reporting by Andrew Goudsward, Editing by Rosalba O’Brien
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