The lawsuit alleges that James Cameron Wright Tased and assaulted a traffic stop defendant on March 12, 2024, without justification.
A federal grand jury in Louisville on Tuesday charged one former and two current Kentucky State Police Troopers with using unreasonable force for beating or tasing several people without reason over the past four years.
On Thursday, First Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Elizabeth Jones Brown filed a motion dismissing charges against Jesse Johnson and Marquis Mitchell, saying in part that "issues have arisen that deserve further consideration and, in some instances, further investigation."
Former Louisville Metro Police Det. Joshua Jaynes and Sgt. Kyle Meany have been accused of providing and lying about false information in a search warrant used by police to burst into Taylor's house, resulting in her death.
All of the men were found with stolen cars and guns.
The so-called “superseding” indictments come a little more than a month after a judge's dismissal of the most serious charges against former Louisville Metro Police Detective Joshua Jaynes and Sgt. Kyle Meany.
Hassan Mohamed, 20, and Jrome Fitch, 22, were both indicted in July for illegally possessing a firearm.
Josh Young has a long criminal history, which started after he was charged with the 2011 murder of his stepbrother, Trey Zwicker.
McGinnis was already in prison on unrelated charges when he was indicted.
Allen Love, 39, was charged with three counts of illegal possession of a machine gun for six "Swift Conversion Devices," among other charges.