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Breonna Taylor's apartment has pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge.Federal investigators said Kelly Goodlett added a false line to the warrant and later conspired with another detective to create a cover story when Taylor's March 13, 2020, shooting death by police began gaining national attention.Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, was shot to death by officers who knocked down her door while executing a drug search warrant. Taylor's boyfriend fired a shot that hit one of the officers as they came through the door and they returned fire, striking Taylor multiple times.Goodlett, 35, appeared in a federal courtroom in Louisville on Tuesday afternoon and admitted to conspiring with another Louisville police officer to falsify the warrant. Goodlett briefly answered several questions from federal judge Rebecca Jennings Grady.Three former Louisville officers were indicted on criminal civil rights charges earlier this month by a federal grand jury.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Niecy Nash-Betts took home the Emmy for best supporting actress in a limited series, bringing the awards show audience to its feet with her rousing acceptance speech. Nash-Betts was nominated for her work in the Netflix series “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” “I’m a winner, baby! Thank you to the most high for this divine moment,” Nash-Betts said from the stage. “Thank you, Ryan Murphy, for seeing me.

Breonna Taylor, who was shot and killed by police in a raid on an apartment where she was sleeping.The charges against defendants Joshua Jaynes, Kyle Meany, Kelly Goodlett and Brett Hankison include various civil rights violations, conspiracy, use of force offenses and obstruction. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the civil rights offenses stem from three officers' alleged falsification of the affidavit used to obtain the search warrant that authorized the raid — which mistakenly targeted Taylor's apartment.«The federal charges announced today allege that members of the place-based investigations unit falsified the affidavit used to obtain the search warrant of Ms.

season 2 ended this week’s emotional episode with a powerful dedication to hundreds of victims of police brutality. While speaking to ET, creator Katori Hall explains why she wanted to close out the episode with the names of those who have been killed by law enforcement before and after George Floyd’s murder in 2020.

Lionel Richie told Taylor Fagins on Sunday night's season premiere of American Idol that his original song 'We Need More' about Black Lives Matter was powerful.Taylor, 26, a songwriter from New York, was the last contestant during the two-hour season 20 premiere and told the judges that he would be singing his own work.'This is for you,' he whispered before he started performing on a white piano. Season premiere:Lionel Richie told Taylor Fagins on Sunday night's season premiere of American Idol that his original song 'We Need More' about Black Lives Matter was powerfulHe opened with lyrics about Ahmaud Arbery who was murdered in Georgia in 2020 withlyrics such as 'little black boys don't run outside or play with water guns at night. They run away from red and white and blue lights.''And little black boys don't go to stores or use their pockets anymore,' he sang.

A protest against the death of Minnesota man Daunte Wright in a confrontation with police spilled into Hollywood Thursday night, as several hundred people marched and held a vigil at Sunset and Vine.

A crowd estimated at 200 people gathered at the world-famous intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street Saturday night to mark the anniversary of Louisville, Ky. resident Breonna Taylor’s death in a police drug raid.

Breonna Taylor on the one-year anniversary of her death.The 26-year-old EMT was killed in her home by Louisville Metro Police on March 13, 2020. Taylor and her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, were in their home when police made a late-night raid on the wrong address.

charges against Kenneth Walker, the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor, for allegedly shooting and wounding a police officer last year. Walker cannot be recharged for the crimes following the ruling. Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Olu Stevens on Monday granted local prosecutors' motion to dismiss the charges, CBS affiliate WLKY reported.Walker was initially charged with assault and attempted murder after he allegedly opened fire and wounded Louisville Metro Police Sergeant Jonathan Mattingly.

Breonna Taylor. Louisville mayor Greg Fischer confirmed the firings Wednesday and CBS News obtained copies of the termination letters.The department last week sent pre-termination letters to Detective Myles Cosgrove, who an FBI analysis determined fired the shot that killed Taylor, and Detective Josh Jaynes, who applied for the search warrant at Taylor's Louisville home.

WLKY-TV, Jaynes was asked by a Public Integrity Unit investigator in May if he had intentionally misled the judge in order to get the warrant approved. «I could have worded a little bit differently in there,» Jaynes was heard saying in a recorded interview. «But I try to be as – as (unintelligible) as detailed.

Tyler Perry is showing his support for Breonna Taylor's boyfriend in his legal battle.

Film and TV mogul Tyler Perry has donated $100K to the legal defense fund of Kenneth Walker, the boyfriend of Black medical worker Breonna Taylor who was died in her own home at the hands of Louisville Metro Police Department plainclothes officers Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove. Mattingly, who was shot in the leg by Walker during the botched raid, sued him for assault, battery and emotional distress back in October.

giving spirit again.On Sunday, Dec. 13, the "Madea" creator made four separate contributions to a GoFundMe established as a legal defense fund for Kenneth Walker, the boyfriend of late ER technician, Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was shot and killed by white police in her Louisville, Kentucky, home during a botched raid in March.

Ellise Shafer administratorTyler Perry has donated $100,000 to the legal defense fund of Kenneth Walker, Variety has confirmed.Walker’s girlfriend, Breonna Taylor, was fatally shot by plainclothes police officers in her Louisville, Ky. apartment on March 13.

Cardi B was honored with the Woman of the Year honor at this year's Billboard Women in Music event. In recognition of her outspoken political activism, the rapper was presented the award by Tamika Palmer, the mother of the late Breonna Taylor.«One of Breonna's most outspoken advocates over the past nine months has been Cardi B,» Palmer shared in a recorded video presentation.

Between the World and Me—his poignant, poetic reflection on the glories and struggles of American Blackness.Drama? Documentary? Directed by Kamilah Forbes, the production—which airs on HBO tonight at 8 pm EST—was first staged at the Apollo Theater in 2018, where Forbes serves as executive producer. Angela Davis, Yara Shahidi, Oprah Winfrey, Janet Mock, Angela Bassett and others recite portions of Coates’s open letter to his own 15-year-old son with all the emotional weight and piercing truth his words deserve.

Kobe Bryant, civil rights icon John Lewis, our forever Wakanda king Chadwick Boseman, and countless others who’ve left an indelible mark on our lives.We would be remiss if we didn’t mention the countless extraordinary people who we’ve lost in 2020 due to America’s destruction of Black lives. While their lives meant nothing to the systems that work to destroy Blackness and the people who uphold those systems, their lives mean everything to us. They are us.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A woman who sat on the Breonna Taylor grand jury said she believes their investigation was incomplete and that prosecutors wanted to give police “a slap on the wrist and close it up.” The woman is the third grand juror to speak anonymously about the September proceedings, joining two others who said the 12-member panel was not given the option to consider charges against the officers who fatally shot Taylor in March.

Some members of the grand jury that declined to indict three Kentucky police officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor said Tuesday the panel wasn't presented with homicide charges. Hours earlier, a Kentucky judge ruled that grand jurors in the Taylor case could speak publicly about the proceedings, mired in controversy over the lack of criminal charges against the officers.

Breonna Taylor's boyfriend Kenneth Walker said the pair had been watching a movie in bed when police raided the apartment as part of a narcotics investigation, and shot Taylor dead. «To the world she's just a hashtag, a picture, and all of that,» he told  co-host Gayle King. «But to me it was much more.