The agreement comes after the DOJ found police and Metro government for years engaged in practices that violated the U.S. Constitution and federal law, including excessive use of force and searches based on invalid search warrants.
Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings ruled Thursday that prosecutors have not provided enough evidence to prove that the prior incidents occurred, that the actions were “substantially” similar to his criminal charges or that the force used in the incidents was excessive.
U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings said there had been a “concern” that bringing in a whole new legal team would be a problem in keeping the case on track, but now “the understanding is we are going forward on that day.”
U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings declared a mistrial in November when the jurors said they had "concluded deliberating" and could not come to a unanimous ruling.
The charges stem from a botched March 13, 2020, raid of Taylor’s home in the middle of the night, in which police officers busted down her door to serve a search warrant related to a drug dealer who lived ten miles away.
