Former detective pleads guilty to civil rights violations in Breonna Taylor case

Ex-Louisville detective Kelly Goodlett is first conviction in case of Black woman killed by police in her own home in Kentucky

Former Louisville detective Kelly Goodlett pleaded guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy on Tuesday for her role in the infamous police shooting of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed in her home, offering the first criminal conviction in a case that ignited nationwide protests over racial justice and police brutality.

Goodlett, one of four white former police officers charged in the case, admitted to helping another officer to falsify a search warrant of Taylor's apartment and writing a false report to cover that up. She faces up to five years in prison.