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.
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.
Meanwhile, officers at the door returned Walker’s fire, hitting and killing Taylor, who was in a hallway.
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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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