The ex-Louisville officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor during the botched 2020 police raid took the witness stand in a federal trial Friday. He testified that Brett Hankison fired haphazardly” into Taylor's apartment the night of the raid. Hankison fired shots into Taylor's windows, but the bullets didn't strike anyone.
FILE - Former Louisville Police officer Brett Hankison talks about seeing a subject in a firing stance in the apartment as he is cross-examined in Louisville, Ky. on March 2, 2022. The former Louisville police officer who fired into Breonna Taylor’s apartment the night she was killed is going on trial in federal court this week. Hankison is charged with violating Taylor’s civil rights during the botched 2020 raid.
“In my opinion, it’s dangerous to do that,” Cosgrove said of Hankison’s shots. “You have to have a target to shoot at.”Ex-cop who fired into Breonna Taylor’s apartment in flawed, fatal raid goes on trial againby the U.S. Department of Justice last year with violating Taylor’s civil rights. The two federal counts against him carry a maximum penalty of life in prison if he is convicted.
The trial is the second attempt to convict Hankison for his actions during the March 13, 2020, raid. He was Palmer said she returned home quickly when she learned of her sister’s death, and when she went back to the apartment a few days later, she saw a mess left by the raid.
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