The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to sentence the former Kentucky Brett Police officer Hankison in prison after his sentence for his role in the 2020 raid he killed. Breonna Taylor at home.
Nuggery He reported that a federal jury sentenced Hankison, one of the four officers to face Taylor’s death and the first convicted of his involvement in the raid. He was found guilty by a count of violating Taylor’s civil rights by means of excessive force, shooting 10 shots at Taylor’s house, with some who hit the neighbor’s house next door.
Hankison at that time told the court that he said goodbye to protecting himself and other officers after Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, shot them when they entered the apartment. When the officers returned the fire, several bullets hit Taylor, killing it.
Hankison faces a maximum life penalty The New York Times.
DOJ official explains the request in the new file
On Wednesday, Harmet K. Dhillon, the Deputy General Attorney of Civil Rights, asked the judge in the event that Hankison Feeling a day in prison and three years of supervised release.
Dhillon argued that the prosecution was excessive, saying that the Biden administration had condemned Hankison after being acquitted by state accusations and after a mistreatment in his first federal case.
“In this case, two federal rehearsals were ultimately needed to obtain a unanimous guilt verdict,” Dhillon wrote, saying that after being fired from his job, Hankison had already paid his actions, according to the New York Times.
“The jury’s verdict is almost certain that the accused Hankison never serves as a law officer and will probably ensure that he will never have a firearm again,” the presentation added.
Taylor’s family lawyers speak
In addition to Hankison, ex -dtects Joshua Jaynes, Kelly Hanna Goodlett and ex – -SGT. Kyle Mey was initially arrested and accused in raid. Last year, a federal judge was abandoned by allegations of crime against Jaynes and Mey, who was abandoned by a federal judge, Nuggery and ABC 11 reported.
In the meantime, Hankison was fired from the Louisville Metro Police Department in June 2020.
According to the BBCTaylor’s family lawyers spoke after the DOJ’s presentation, calling “an insult to Breonna Taylor’s life.”
“All North -Americans who believe in justice in the law should be outraged,” the lawyers said in a statement. “Recommend only one day in prison sends the unmistakable message that white officers can violate the civil rights of American blacks with almost total impunity.”
