Posted on 07/21/2025 3:02:05 PM PDT by Enterprise
Former Louisville Metro Police Department Detective Brett Hankison is scheduled to be sentenced on Monday afternoon after being convicted of deprivation of rights under color of law in November.
Taylor was killed during a knock-and-announce drug raid on March 13, 2020, during which her boyfriend shot at police and they returned fire. LMPD Sgt. Jon Mattingly was shot during the exchange and has now recovered.
During the raid, Hankison fired ten shots through a window, though they are not the ones that struck Taylor. The officers who shot Taylor were not charged because they were returning fire as her boyfriend shot at them.
The Justice Department has argued that Hankison does not need to serve time as he is not a danger to the public.
Taylor’s family has urged the judge to ignore the recommendation and impose a harsher sentence. Lawyers representing the family called it an “insult” that sets a “dangerous precedent.”
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I hope the trigger happy jackass is relieved from police work; never allowed to be a cop again; and prohibited from owning any weapon in the future.
Firing into a window blindly? He’s damn lucky.
The young woman’s death is criminal. The boyfriend was protecting his home from unknown invaders not shooting at identified cops.
These effing raids have too much damage and too many failures and should be stopped for good.
“”Taylor’s family has urged the judge to ignore the recommendation and impose a harsher sentence. Lawyers representing the family called it an “insult” that sets a “dangerous precedent.””
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The insult and dangerous precedent is that he was ever charged to begin with.
-PJ
I believe it is a Federal charge. And surprise, surprise one her lawyers is the king racist Ben Crump.
“”“The family asked for one thing: that Brett Hankison be sentenced in accordance with the law and federal guidelines. Instead, Tamika Palmer is left, once again, heartbroken and angry,” attorneys for Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, including Ben Crump, Lonita Baker, and Sam Aguiar, said in a statement, according to a report from NBC News.””””
He got 33 months
https://x.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1947424945358749700
Is it true that Breonna Taylor used to run errands for her drug dealing friends? Isn’t this why the police were at her front door?
“the family called it an “insult” that sets a “dangerous precedent.””
well they’re child decided to hang with a guy wanted for drugs, so it seems they either didnt teach her too well or Breanna chose to “insult “their good teaching and set herself a “dangerous precedent”.
family needs to blame Breonna for her choices.
Trump is then able to pardon the police officer. 😁👍
” he was convicted of depriving Taylor of her constitutional rights”
“He was acquitted on a second count that charged him with depriving three of Taylor’s neighbors of their constitutional rights.”
so, apparently, Breonna has a different set of constitutional rights than the neighbors do?
You are factually incorrect. The officers did knock on the door and identify themselves, several times. Shooting at cops will get you killed, most of the time.
I agree with you though that there was no need to try to arrest him in a night time raid in an apartment complex. That practice has been eliminated, in Kentucky. I’m not sure about everywhere else.
Well, one errand was renting a car that turned up with a body in the trunk but that was a different drug dealing boyfriend than the one that got her killed.
This is fkin bs. Should have never been convicted.
Am I missing something? None of the shots fired from this officers gun struck the decedent but he’s the one to get prison time, even though her boyfriend fired first and started the chain of events?
They HAD A NO KNOCK WARRANT. TThose are Unconstitutional.. I don’t care about the race. No knock warrants are crap.
With a no knock warrant,which is
Unconstitutional. 4th Ammendment!
NO, no knock warrants are wrong for everyone.
One of the most important rules of firearms is Always Be Sure of Your Target and What's Beyond It.
correction their was meant to be there. Sometimes my stupidity gets ahead of me. 😋👍
You made a grammatical error and dare to show your face here??????? Some people.....
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