Brett Hankison Sentenced to Nearly 3 Years in Breonna Taylor Case, DOJ Pushed for One Day
The Damage ReportJuly 22, 20254 min16,459 views
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- 🎯 Brett Hankison, a former Louisville Metro Police Department detective, has been sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison for his role in the 2020 raid that killed Breonna Taylor.
- 💡 Hankison was convicted of deprivation of rights under color of law for blindly firing 10 bullets into Taylor's home, which hit a wall and traveled into an adjacent apartment.
- ⚠️ While the sentence is on the lower end of probation officer requests (135-168 months), it is significantly more than the one day in prison recommended by the Trump Department of Justice.
DOJ Recommendation and Reaction
- ⚡ The DOJ's recommendation of a single day in prison is described as an insult and a potential act of virtue signaling within a culture war context.
- ⚖️ The sentencing judge ultimately handed down a sentence of 33 months, followed by three years of probation, a decision Taylor's mother, Tamika Palmer, stated the judge
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