Breonna Taylor Case: Ex-Louisville Cop Who Misled Judge About Raid Pleads Guilty to Federal Conspiracy Charge
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.