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Feds to retry ex-Louisville cop Brett Hankison in police raid death of Breonna Taylor

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Federal prosecutors in Kentucky said theyโ€™ll retry a disgraced ex-Louisville cop over the 2020 death of Breonna Taylor during a botched police raid after a mistrial in the case last month. Brett Hankison, 47, faces civil rights violations in Taylorโ€™s March 13, 2020, shooting death inside her Louisville apartment but dodged a conviction when the jury remained deadlocked after 20 hours of deliberations on Nov. 26. On Wednesday, prosecutors said theyโ€™ll try again, telling US District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings theyโ€™ll take him back to trial โ€œsooner rather than later,โ€...

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