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TIL that a year after an officer pleaded guilty to lying to a judge to get the warrant to search Breonna Taylor's apartment, no one involved has served a day of jail time (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 year ago by reverendsteveii@lemm.ee to c/todayilearned@lemmy.ml

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Kelly Goodlett admitted that police did not have the evidence that they presented to a judge in order to get the warrant, including fabricating testimony from the postal inspector that a known drug dealer was sending packages to that house. Goodlett has been convicted and is free while awaiting sentencing. Joshua Jayne, Kyle Meany and Brett Hankison are charged with various crimes surrounding the false testimony and are awaiting trial. They have had their trials pushed back multiple times each. It has been over three years since Breonna Taylor was murdered by police and even those who admitted to crimes are still free.

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[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

Only when you're rich, or you're a hired thug for the rich. If you plead guilty to perjury, criminal conspiracy and obstruction of justice today do you honestly believe that it would take them over a year to decide on your punishment and that you'd be allowed to walk free as a convicted felon while they decided? Of course not, you're of the class that's actually subject to the rule of law.