Brett Hankison, a former Kentucky police officer who was convicted in the death of Breonna Taylor, was sentenced to 33 months in prison on Monday.
The prison term will be followed by three years of supervised probation. In November 2024, Hankison was found guilty of using excessive force on Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician, and depriving her of her civil rights.
During the police raid on March 13, 2020, Hankison blindly fired 10 shots into Taylor’s apartment, according to federal authorities. He however did not fire the bullets that killed Taylor, who was asleep in her bed, officials said…