A federal jury has taken a long-awaited step towards justice in the case of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old Black woman fatally shot during a botched police raid in 2020. AP reports that on Friday, a jury convicted Brett Hankison, a former Louisville police officer, of violating Taylor’s civil rights by recklessly firing shots into her […]
Former Louisville Police Department officer Brett Hankison faces a second federal trial for violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights.
Brett Hankison's federal civil rights violations case for the shooting death of Breonna Taylor ends in hung jury mistrial.
Former Louisville Metro police officer Brett Hankison is on trial for firing "blindly" into the apartment of Breonna Taylor's White neighbors during the botched police raid that killed her. Hankison is the only officer criminally charged for the botched no-knock warrant raid.