Breonna Taylor, in Prison
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday sentenced a former Kentucky police officer to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during the deadly Breonna Taylor raid five years ago, rebuffing a U.S. Department of Justice recommendation of no prison time for the defendant.
Prosecutors said the former Louisville police detective fired through a window and a sliding glass door in the botched raid that killed Taylor.
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.