Federal prosecutors seek retrial for former detective shot at by Breonna Taylor's boyfriend

The Biden Department of Justice failed to get a conviction last month in the federal civil rights case against the former Louisville detective who returned fire during a drug raid when shot at by Breonna Taylor's boyfriend. Despite admitting ahead of the Nov. 17 mistrial that it would take "enormous resources ... to retry this case," federal prosecutors revealed this week they plan to refile charges against former Detective Brett Hankison. Louisville Metro Police Department narcotics detectives attempted to execute a "no-knock" search warrant around 12:43 a.m. on March 13,...