The former detective was found guilty of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor, who was killed in a drug raid in 2020.
Former Kentucky police detective Brett Hankison has been convicted of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during a botched 2020 drug raid , where she was shot and killed.
In 2020, Kentucky Attorney-General Daniel Cameron said police knocked and announced themselves at the apartment, which he said was backed up by an independent witness. The shooting death of Breonna Taylor, at the hands of police has helped to spark protests across the United States.This jury had sent a note on Thursday to US District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings asking whether they needed to know if Ms Taylor was alive as Hankison fired his shots.
Mr Malarcik spoke at length during closing arguments about the role of Ms Taylor's boyfriend, who fired the shot that hit former Sergeant Mattingly at the door.Photo shows Police detain protesters as one man is seen laying on the ground with his hands cuffs behind his back. Neither of the officers who shot Ms Taylor — former Sergeant Mattingly and former detective Cosgrove — were charged in Ms Taylor's death.
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