Ex-Louisville detective Kelly Goodlett is first conviction in case of Black woman killed by police in her own home in Kentucky
Prosecutors say that Goodlett, who was not involved in the raid, knew a claim made by Jaynes in the search warrant – that he “verified” from a US postal inspector Taylor’s ex-boyfriend received packages at her address – was false. She also added a “misleading” claim to the warrant application that suggested Taylor’s ex-boyfriend registered her address as his “current home address”.
After a postal inspector debunked the warrant’s claim, Goodlett later met with Jaynes at Jaynes’s garage where they agreed to say they heard the claim from a police sergeant.from Louisville police after she was charged, was the only one of the four who was not indicted by federal grand jurors on 4 August but instead charged through what is known as a bill of information. That, along with this guilty plea, offers a strong sign that she has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in other cases.
Even as the conviction against Goodlett moves ahead, police officers who have engaged in charges of civil rights violations over use of force practices continue to evade prosecution.