Updated July 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM EDT
A federal judge on Monday sentenced a former Louisville police officer to 33 months in prison for using excessive force during a 2020 raid that killed Breonna Taylor, declining a Justice Department recommendation that he receive very little prison time.
Brett Hankison fired 10 shots during the botched raid, none of which hit Taylor. Prosecutors accused him of wanton endangerment after firing blindly through a window and a glass door, covered by blinds and a curtain, obstructing his line of sight…