goodlet admitted in federal court that she and another officer had falsified information in the warrant that was used to justify the raid on taylor s apartment. u.s. attorney merrick garland says had it not been for that faulty warrant taylor would be alive today. cosgrove s attorney reminded those who oppose his client being hired that he has not been charged with any crime. there was a grand jury that met, the state of kentucky that cleared him of any wrongdoing, a federal grand jury was convened and also determined that there were other people who warranted being charged criminally, but myles. it s this good old boy system, i m not surprised at all. reporter: those seeking justice for breonna taylor saying cosgrove getting a badge back is a danger to the new community he is serving. the people of carroll county should be very afraid. you don t know what to trust
cosgrove fired more than a dozen times including the fatal bullet that killed taylor. the louisville metro police department fired him in january of 2021 for failing to use his body camera and violating the department s use of force rules. i started shooting as soon as i saw the flash, almost simultaneously. reporter: during a department hearing to appeal his firing, cosgrove expressed remorse. do you regret that breonna taylor ended up being shot and killed? of course. of course i do. it s horrible. reporter: the department s merit board upheld his dismissal, despite that the carroll county sheriff s department decided to hire cosgrove. his attorney notes four other officers in the raid face federal charges in connection with that raid, three accused of lying in order to obtain a search warrant. one former lmpd officer, kelly
rehired by another department. anger. to think that another department would even want this guy to be a part of any department for that matter just angers me. reporter: according to a cnn affiliate, the sheriff s department cited cosgrove s experience as the reason behind the hire. the former lmpd officer recently started with the sheriff s department. on behalf of miles and mice, we don t want anything to take away or diminish the value of the tragedy that happened ho breonna taylor and her family. we re not minimizing that at all. but he definitely has had a hard road to go in getting back to trying to figure out a way to support his family in the future. reporter: cosgrove was one of three lmpd officers who fired their weapons during a raid on breonna taylor s apartment the night of march 13th, 2020.