The death of the 26-year-old Black woman, along with the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, sparked racial injustice protests nationwide.
The death of the 26-year-old Black woman, along with the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, sparked racial injustice protests nationwide.LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal jury on Friday cleared a former Kentucky police detective of a charge he violated the civil rights of Breonna Taylor’s neighbors by using excessive force during a botched 2020 drug raid that left Taylor dead.
The 12-member jury remained deadlocked on the second charge, which involves Brett Hankison using excessive force on Taylor, who was fatally shot by other officers. The jury could continue to deliberate on that charge Friday night, but they have indicated to the judge in two notes that they are deadlocked on that count.Hankison 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. The death of the 26-year-old Black woman, along with the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, sparked racial injustice protests nationwide. A separate jury deadlocked on both charges last year, while in 2022, a jury acquitted Hankison on state charges of wanton endangerment. A conviction on the federal charges carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.after Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired on them when they broke down Taylor's door with a battering ram. Walker shot and wounded one of the officers. Hankison testified that when Walker fired, he moved away, rounded the corner of the apartment unit and fired into Taylor’s glass door and a window. Meanwhile, officers at the door returned Walker’s fire, hitting and killing Taylor, who was in a hallway. Hankison’s lawyers argued during closing arguments Wednesday that Hankison was acting properly “in a very tense, very chaotic environment” that lasted about 12 seconds. They emphasized that Hankison’s shots didn’t hit anyone.by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2022 with violating Taylor's civil rights. Thus far, those charges have yielded just one conviction:Hankison’s attorney Don Malarcik spoke at length during closing arguments about the role of Taylor’s boyfriend, who fired the shot that hit former Sgt. John Mattingly at the door. He said Walker never tried to come to the door or turn the lights on as police were knocking and instead armed himself and hid in the dark.They said in closing arguments that Hankison “violated one of the most fundamental rules of deadly force: If they cannot see the person they’re shooting at, they cannot pull the trigger.” Neither of the officers who shot Taylor — Mattingly and former Detective Myles Cosgrove — was charged in Taylor’s death. Federal and state prosecutors have said those officers were justified in returning fire, since Taylor’s boyfriend shot at them first.
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Jury clears former Kentucky officer of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor's neighborsA federal jury has cleared a former Kentucky detective of a charge that he violated the civil rights of Breonna Taylor’s neighbors by using excessive force during a botched drug raid that left Taylor dead.
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Jury clears former Kentucky officer of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor's neighborsA federal jury has cleared a former Kentucky detective of a charge that he violated the civil rights of Breonna Taylor’s neighbors by using excessive force during a botched drug raid that left Taylor dead. The jury remained deadlocked on the second charge, which involves Brett Hankison using excessive force on Taylor.
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Jury clears former Kentucky officer of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor's neighborsA federal jury has cleared a former Kentucky detective of a charge that he violated the civil rights of Breonna Taylor’s neighbors by using excessive force during a botched drug raid that left Taylor dead.
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Jury clears former Kentucky officer of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor's neighborsBrett Hankison fired 10 shots into Breonna Taylor's glass door and windows during the raid, but didn't hit anyone
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Jury clears former Kentucky officer of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor’s neighborsBrett Hankison 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.
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Jury clears former Kentucky officer of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor's neighborsA federal jury has cleared a former Kentucky detective of a charge that he violated the civil rights of Breonna Taylor’s neighbors by using excessive force during a botched drug raid that left Taylor dead.
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