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\nAfter a four-hour hearing Monday, a judge issued a sentence of over two years in prison for former Louisville Metro Police Department detective Brett Hankison.<\/p>\n
\nAfter a four-hour hearing Monday, a judge issued a sentence of over two years in prison for former Louisville Metro Police Department detective Brett Hankison.<\/p>\n
In November, Hankison was found guilty of violating Breonna Taylor\u2019s civil rights and using excessive force when he entered her home in March of 2020 after a warrant was issued to search the home in connection with Taylor\u2019s boyfriend allegedly selling drugs, but no drugs were found inside the home.<\/p>\n
Taylor was killed during the botched raid. Hankison did not shoot Taylor but fired his gun 10 times into her apartment through a sliding glass door. Three bullets went into an adjacent apartment and nearly hit the people inside.<\/p>\n
The judge\u2019s sentence includes a total of 33 months, or two years and nine months, in federal prison, followed by three years of probation.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, before Hankison was sentenced, a judge denied Hankison\u2019s request for a new trial.<\/p>\n
Later in the afternoon, four protestors, including Breonna Taylor\u2019s aunt Bianca Austin, were taken into custody after some protestors began to block traffic.
\nSource: WAVE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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