Judge Sentences Ex-Officer in Breonna Taylor Raid
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Prosecutors said the former Louisville police detective fired through a window and a sliding glass door in the botched raid that killed Taylor.
After the sentencing, Breonna Taylor's mother, Tamika Palmer, said the judge did the best she could. Palmer was critical of prosecutors, saying they were not "in there for us."
The Justice Department is seeking no prison time for a former officer who blindly shot into Breonna Taylor’s home during a botched 2020 raid that sparked a federal inquiry into policing in Louisville,
Former Louisville Metro Police Department detective Brett Hankison was sentenced to 33 months in prison after being convicted of excessive force in connection with the raid that killed Breonna Taylor.
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During a press briefing on Thursday, a reporter asked White House Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt about a request by the Department of Justice to the judge presiding over a case involving the killing of Breonna Taylor to only sentence the officer responsible for her death to one day in jail.