by Daniel Johnson
November 18, 2023
The jury was deadlocked on each counts towards the previous Louisville police officer who fired stray bullets through the raid.
On Nov. 16, a mistrial was declared within the federal trial of Brett Hankison, the officer who has been accused of violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights throughout a botched raid by the Louisville Police Division in 2020. In response to NBC Information, the jury remained in a impasse over each counts Hankison was going through. Hankison confronted allegations of using extreme pressure when he discharged 10 rounds into Taylor’s window and glass door after officers claimed they have been fired upon throughout their tried raid.
NBC Information reported a few of Hankison’s photographs went right into a neighbor’s condo, however they didn’t strike anybody. Cops fatally shot Taylor after her boyfriend, mistaking the police, who have been doing a “no-knock” raid, for intruders, fired at them after they entered the condo. In response to her boyfriend hitting an officer, two officers discharged a complete of twenty-two rounds, tragically putting Taylor within the chest and leading to her loss of life.
The raid was supposed to focus on Taylor’s ex-boyfriend, Jamarcus Glover, who has since mentioned that she had no involvement together with his drug commerce operation. Glover didn’t reside with Taylor on the time.
Hankison was fired from the Louisville Police Division in June of 2020. Hankison was discovered not responsible on state prices of wanton endangerment in March 2022.
In response to ABC Information, Hankison mentioned throughout his testimony that he couldn’t see the define of an individual by way of the blinds of Taylor’s condo, however he may see muzzle flashes coming from the within of the condo. Hankison additionally mentioned that on the time he noticed the muzzle flashes, he believed his officers have been being executed.
The prosecution argued that Hankison’s shell casings weren’t discovered close to the sidewalk nearer to the condo, the place he mentioned he was when he fired his photographs, however as a substitute, they have been discovered close to a grey truck within the condo’s parking zone. The federal trial was the second try to carry Hankison accountable for his actions, and a spokesperson for the DOJ advised ABC Information, “The Division of Justice is actively contemplating all of our out there choices.”
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