Brett Hankison sentenced for violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights

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A federal decide has sentenced former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison to 33 months in jail for violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor, who was killed in 2020 by regulation enforcement throughout a botched drug raid.

Hankison, 49, was convicted final 12 months of violating Taylor's civil rights, which might have resulted in a most sentence of life in jail. U.S. District Court docket Decide Rebecca Grady Jennings, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, handed down the sentence on Monday afternoon.

Final week, the U.S. Justice Division requested a federal decide to condemn him to only in the future in jail and three years of supervised probation, noting in a court docket submitting that he "didn't shoot Ms. Taylor and isn't in any other case accountable for her dying."

"It's unfathomable that, after lastly securing a conviction, the Division of Justice would search a sentence so drastically under the federal pointers," a press release from nationwide civil rights attorneys Ben Crump, Lonita Baker and Sam Aguiar, who symbolize the family of Taylor, mentioned in a press release.

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Brett Hankison (proper) arrives in court docket on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, alongside his attorneys for the start of his federal trial, which is able to decide if he violated the civil rights of Breonna Taylor, her boyfriend and neighbors. (Taylor Six/Lexington Herald-Chief/Tribune Information Service)

"This units a harmful precedent. When a police officer is discovered responsible of violating somebody’s constitutional rights, there should be actual accountability and justice," it mentioned.

Taylor, a Black lady, was killed by police in 2020 after they executed a no-knock warrant throughout a botched raid of her house. Her boyfriend, who was carrying a legally owned firearm, shot at police, prompting them to fireplace again 22 instances into the condo.

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Former Louisville Police officer Brett Hankison examines a doc as he solutions questions from the prosecution, March 2, 2022. (Timothy D. Easley, Pool, File)

Her dying, in addition to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, sparked mass racial justice protests across the nation.

The Civil Rights Division throughout former Democratic President Joe Biden's tenure introduced prison fees towards the officers concerned in each Taylor and Floyd's dying.

Former Louisville Police officer Brett Hankison describes what he noticed within the condo of Breonna Taylor throughout testimony, March 2, 2022, in Louisville, Kentucky. (Timothy D. Easley, Pool)