Ex-officer convicted of violating Breonna Taylor’s rights ordered to report to prison

Former Louisville Metro Police Detective Brett Hankison has been ordered to report to prison on Thursday.

Hankison was convicted of violating the rights of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor during the botched raid on her apartment in 2020. Police officers killed Taylor during the raid, resulting in a summer of protests and a multi-million dollar lawsuit.

Hankison, who prosecutors accused of firing blindly into Taylor’s apartment, was the only officer convicted of a crime. While his bullets did not strike her, he was sentenced to 33 months in prison for violating her civil rights…

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