Ex-officer convicted in Breonna Taylor raid sentenced to more than 2 years in prison

A Louisville police officer convicted in connection with a botched raid that resulted in Breonna Taylor’s death was sentenced on Monday to more than two years in prison, days after the government had asked a judge not to incarcerate him. 

Brett Hankison, a former Louisville Metro Police Department detective, was found guilty last year of violating Taylor’s civil rights after he blindly fired shots into her apartment in March 2020 during the raid.