Attorneys gave opening statements in a federal retrial of Brett Hankison.
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Lawyers made opening statements in Hankison’s second federal trial in U.S. District Court in Louisville. Prosecutors are trying again to convict Hankison on charges that he violated the civil rights of Taylor and her neighbors by firing shots into her darkened windows the night of the 2020 raid. Last year’s trialTaylor, a 26-year-old unarmed Black woman, was shot by officers in March 2020 after they broke down the door to her apartment to serve a search warrant.
Federal prosecutors are attempting to do what Kentucky state prosecutors couldn’t — get a conviction against Hankison. In a 2022 state trial, Hankison was acquitted of charges that he endangered Taylor’s neighbors. No other officers who were at the raid have been charged. Byrd said Hankison’s actions when the shooting began were aimed at protecting his fellow officers. After shots were fired, Hankison will testify“He was expected to try and save those officers,” Byrd told the jury. “None of his rounds hit anybody. He doesn’t shoot anybody. His patterns are close.”
Investigators later determined that Cosgrove fired 16 rounds into the apartment, including the fatal shot that killed Taylor.
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