A former Louisville police officer is facing trial in federal court for violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights during a botched raid in 2020. This is the second attempt by prosecutors to convict the officer for his actions on the night Taylor was killed. Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, was shot to death by police during a drug search warrant execution. The officer fired into Taylor's apartment, but was acquitted in a state trial last year.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A 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 for violating Taylor’s civil rights during the botched 2020 raid.
When gunfire erupted, Hankison ran to the side of the apartment and sprayed bullets through Taylor's windows, later saying he thought he saw a figure with a rifle. None of the rounds he fired hit anyone, despite straying into another apartment where a couple with a child lived. Officers found no drugs or long guns in Taylor’s apartment. by the U.S. Department of Justice last year with violating Taylor’s civil rights.
Another former Louisville officer, Kelly Goodlett, admitted she helped fabricate a portion of the Taylor warrant that linked Taylor to alleged drug activity. Goodlett Former detective Joshua Jaynes and former Sgt. Kyle Meany were also charged with conspiring to deprive Taylor of her civil rights. Jaynes and Meany are set to be tried together next year. Goodlett is expected to testify against them.
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