Former Louisville, Kentucky, police officer Brett Hankison, the only cop charged in connection with the raid that ended in Breonna Taylor's death, was acquitted on Thursday after the jury deliberated for approximately three hours.
"He was never in the doorway," Assistant Kentucky Attorney General Barbara Maines Whaley told the jury. Referring to Taylor she added,"His wanton conduct could have multiplied her death by three, easily."
BREONNA TAYLOR FAMILY LAWYER FILES NEW LAWSUIT ALLEGING LOUISVILLE POLICE WITHHELD BODY CAMERA RECORDS "He did what he thought he had to do in that instant," Mathews said."This all happened in such a short span."A 20-year veteran K-9 officer assigned to handle a drug-sniffing dog during the raid, Hankison said he was positioned behind an officer with a battering ram, and could see the shadowy silhouette of a person"in a shooting stance" with what looked like an AR-15 rifle as Taylor's door swung open. No long gun was ever found.
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