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Breonna Taylor case: Judge gives ex-cop nearly 3 years, rebukes Trump's DOJ
Hankison fired 10 shots through Taylor's apartment windows during the botched drug raid, though his bullets didn't strike anyone. The shots passed through the walls into a neighboring apartment. Taylor, 26, was killed by two other officers in her hallway after her boyfriend fired at police, striking an officer in the leg.

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Judge gives ex-officer nearly 3 years in Breonna Taylor raid, rebuffs DOJ call for no prison time
Ex-LMPD officer Brett Hankison sentenced in Breonna Taylor case
Louisville tense as ex-officer in Breonna Taylor botched raid sentenced
Hankison, who shot several times during the botched Breonna Taylor raid in March 2020, was in court at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Louisville, Kentucky on July 21, 2025.

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Judge Sentences Ex-Officer in Breonna Taylor Raid to Nearly 3 Years in Prison
Officer convicted in Breonna Taylor raid gets 33-month sentence
US judge sentences ex-police officer to 33 months for violating civil rights of Breonna Taylor
Hankison was convicted by a federal jury in November 2024 of one count of violating Taylor's civil rights, after the first attempt to prosecute him ended with a mistrial.

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Federal judge gives ex-officer nearly 3 years in Breonna Taylor raid
Ex-LMPD detective Brett Hankison sentenced to 33 months in prison
Ex-cop convicted of excessive force in Breonna Taylor case gets 33 months
Prosecutors said the former Louisville police detective fired through a window and a sliding glass door in the botched raid that killed Taylor.
Brett Hankison, former officer convicted in Breonna Taylor case, sentenced to 33 months in prison
Brett Hankison, a former police officer in Louisville, Kentucky, who was convicted in Breonna Taylor's death, was sentenced to 33 months in prison on Monday.
Ex-officer gets 33-month sentence for violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights in 2020 killing
Brett Hankison is the only officer who fired into Taylor's apartment to be charged and convicted of any crime.
Former cop convicted of excessive force in Breonna Taylor case gets 33 months
Former Louisville Metro Police Department detective Brett Hankison was sentenced to 33 months in prison after being convicted of excessive force in connection with the raid that killed Breonna Taylor.
'Spitting in the face of Lady Justice': Rev. Al slams DOJ memo on ex-officer in Taylor case
The Justice Department is seeking no prison time for a former officer who blindly shot into Breonna Taylor’s home during a botched 2020 raid that sparked a federal inquiry into policing in Louisville,
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Reporter Presses Leavitt On DOJ Request To Give Officer Who Killed Breonna Taylor One Day In Jail
During a press briefing on Thursday, a reporter asked White House Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt about a request by the Department of Justice to the judge presiding over a case involving the killing of Breonna Taylor to only sentence the officer responsible for her death to one day in jail.
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