Ex-cop who fired into Breonna Taylor's apartment in flawed, fatal raid goes on trial again
Black Lives Matter,Breonna Taylor,General News
LOUISVILLE, Ky. β A former Louisville police officer who fired into Breonna Taylor's apartment the night she was killed is going on trial in federal court this week for violating Taylor's civil rights during the botched 2020 raid. The trial will mark a second attempt by prosecutors to convict Brett Hankison for his actions on the night Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, was shot to death by police after they knocked down the door of her apartment. Hankison was acquitted in a state trial last year. Jury selection in the...
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