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November 4, 2024

Ex-Cop Brett Hankison Found Guilty of Violating Breonna Taylor's Civil Rights, Faces Life in Prison
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In Kentucky, a jury found former police officer Brett Hankison guilty of
using excessive force and violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor
during the raid that killed Taylor inside her own home in 2020. Taylor
was a Black, 26-year-old emergency room technician. It's the first
conviction of any of the Louisville police officers involved in the
botched raid. A judge will sentence Hankison on March 12, just one day
ahead of the fifth anniversary of Breonna Taylor's death. He faces a
maximum sentence of life in prison.


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