Brett Hankison is first Louisiana police officer at scene of raid that killed Taylor to be convicted
The 12-member jury returned the late-night verdict after clearing Brett Hankison earlier in the evening on a charge that he used excessive force on Taylor’s neighbors.Some members of the jury were in tears as the verdict was read around 9:30 pm Friday. They had earlier indicated to the judge in two separate messages that they were deadlocked on the charge of using excessive force on Taylor but chose to continue deliberating.
A separate jury deadlocked on federal charges against Hankison last year, while in 2022, a jury acquitted Hankison on state charges of wanton endangerment.The death of Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, along with the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked racial injustice protests across the U US.
This jury had sent a note on Thursday to the US district judge Rebecca Grady Jennings asking whether they needed to know if Taylor was alive as Hankison fired his shots. Meanwhile, officers at the door returned Walker’s fire, hitting and killing Taylor, who was in a hallway.
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