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Ex-officer sentenced in Breonna Taylor's death
An ex-Louisville police officer was sentenced to 33 months in prison for using excessive force during the deadly Breonna Taylor raid in 2020.
A federal judge on Monday sentenced an ex-Kentucky police officer to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during the 2020 deadly Breonna Taylor raid.
The judge declined a Justice Department recommendation that he be given no prison time.
Brett Hankison was the only officer on the scene charged in Taylor's death.
He is the first person sentenced to prison in the case that rocked the city of Louisville and spawned weeks of street protests over police brutality five years ago.
FILE - In this handout photo provided by the Shelby County Detention Center, former Louisville, Kentucky detective Brett Hankison poses for a mug shot on Sept. 23, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Shelby County Detention Center via Getty Image …
The backstory:
Hankison fired his weapon the night of the March 2020 botched drug raid. His shots didn’t hit or injure anyone, but flew through Taylor’s walls into a neighboring apartment.
Taylor was shot in her hallway by two other officers after her boyfriend fired from inside the apartment, striking an officer in the leg. Neither of the other officers was charged in state or federal court after prosecutors deemed they were justified in returning fire into the apartment. Louisville police used a drug warrant to enter the apartment, but found no drugs or cash inside.
The Source: Information for this article was taken from The Associated Press and reporting by Reuters.