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\nU.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings declared a mistrial after a jury deadlocked over whether to acquit or convict former LMPD Detective Brett Hankison.<\/p>\n
\nU.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings declared a mistrial after a jury deadlocked over whether to acquit or convict former LMPD Detective Brett Hankison.<\/p>\n
Hankison was tried for violating the Constitutional rights of Breonna Taylor, her boyfriend, and three neighbors in the adjoining apartment on March 13, 2020, during a raid at Taylor\u2019s apartment when he fired through two covered windows.<\/p>\n
His bullets shattered furniture and wall hangings and punched through the drywall into the neighboring apartment, but did not injure anyone. He was shooting at what he testified was a figure holding an AR-15 rifle illuminated by muzzle flashes.<\/p>\n
His shots followed officers returning fire at Kenneth Walker, who fired a single shot at police when an officer burst open the front door to serve a search warrant. His single shot struck Sgt. John Mattingly in the leg.<\/p>\n
Mattingly and Detective Myles Cosgrove returned fire. Cosgrove\u2019s shots killed Breonna Taylor.<\/p>\n
The government described Hankison\u2019s actions as extreme and brought in other police officers to testify against Hankison\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n
The defense said Hankinson was reacting as any normal police officer would, trying to save his fellow officers.<\/p>\n
Federal prosecutors have not announced whether they will seek to retry Hankison.<\/p>\n
The government has two other cases pending against former officers Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany.<\/p>\n
A third case against Kelly Hannah Goodlett awaits sentencing after she accepted a plea deal with the government in exchange for testifying.
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