Brett Hankison, officer in raid that killed Breonna Taylor, should get 1-day prison sentence, DOJ says
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The Department of Justice asked in a sentencing memo that Brett Hankison — a former Kentucky police officer who was convicted in connection with a raid that resulted in Breonna Taylor's death — serve one day in prison.
Hankison was convicted in 2024 of using excessive force during a botched 2020 drug raid that left Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician, dead.
The then-Louisville police officer fired 10 shots into Taylor's glass door and windows during the raid, but didn't hit anyone. Some shots flew into a next-door neighbor's adjoining 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. Police did not find any narcotics at the apartment — and afterward Taylor's death became a rallying cry for racial justice across the country.
