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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.
A federal judge on Monday sentenced former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during the deadly Breonna Taylor raid, directly rejecting the U.S. Department of Justice's recommendation of no prison time.
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,
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Reporter Presses Leavitt On DOJ Request To Give Officer Who Killed Breonna Taylor One Day In Jail
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.
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