The Louisville Metropolitan Police Department is seeking to dismiss two officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor in March, according to reports. Detective Joshua Jaynes, who sought a no-knock search warrant that led detectives to Taylor’s apartment received a pre-termination letter from the department, saying that he committed “extreme violations of our policies, which endangered others,” according to his attorney. Jaynes was not present during the incident but secured a warrant with a “no-knock” clause from a judge 12 hours earlier. Detective Myles Cosgrove, the officer who, according to ballistics tests, appeared to have fired the shot that killed the 26-year-old meanwhile received a letter of termination. Brett Hankison, another officer involved in the raid who was charged with wonton endangerment for shooting into a neighboring apartment, was terminated in June. A department spokesperson told media outlets that officers have the right to a pre-termination hearing before they are …
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