The judge also threw out major felony charges against two former Louisville police officers accused of falsifying a warrant.
  • A federal judge dismissed major felony charges against two former Louisville officers, ruling that Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend firing a shot was the legal cause of her death, not the flawed warrant.
  • The judge reduced civil rights charges against the officers to misdemeanors but upheld some lesser charges, with a trial still pending.
  • The U.S. Justice Department is reviewing the decision, while a third officer involved has already pleaded guilty to conspiracy and will testify.
  • AnActOfCreation@programming.devOP
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    3 months ago

    Admittedly one of the benefits of Reddit was the extensive modding community that kept on top of things like this. In some news communities they would remove duplicate stories, even from different sources, for exactly the reasons you mentioned. Of course they could be overzealous too. :)