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Kentucky Edition | Brett Hankison in Federal Court for Sentencing | Season 4 | Episode 15 | PBS
He was found guilty of using excessive force and violating Taylor's civil rights. The federal sentencing was postponed while the court waited for a sentencing recommendation from the Department of Justice.
Published: July 23, 2025
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Brett Hankison sentenced to 33 months in Breonna Taylor case
July 22, 2025 - A FEDERAL JUDGE GAVE BRETT HANKISON 33 MONTHS IN PRISON AND THREE YEARS OF SUPERVISED RELEASE FOR VIOLATING TAYLOR’S CIVIL RIGHTS, WHEN HE BLINDLY SHOT THROUGH THE WINDOWS OF HER APARTMENT.
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Brett Hankison to be sentenced for role in Breonna Taylor raid. What to know
July 21, 2025 - Hankison, who fired several shots in the raid that killed Breonna Taylor in March 2020, was found guilty by a federal jury in November for violating Taylor's civil rights. He is the only officer who fired into Taylor's apartment to be charged ...
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Judge sentences former LMPD detective Brett Hankison to 2 years, 9 months in prison
July 21, 2025 - Former LMPD detective Brett Hankison was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights.
U.S. Department of Justice
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Office of Public Affairs | Former Louisville, Kentucky, Metro Police Officer Found Guilty of Federal Civil Rights Crimes Related to the Breonna Taylor Case | United States Department of Justice
February 6, 2025 - Brett Hankison, 46, was convicted on one count of civil rights abuse. Count one charged him with depriving Taylor of her constitutional rights when he fired five shots through a bedroom window that was covered with blinds and a blackout curtain.
NBC New York
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Judge gives ex-officer nearly 3 years in Breonna Taylor raid, rebuffs DOJ call for no prison time – NBC New York
July 22, 2025 - A federal judge on Monday sentenced a former Kentucky police officer to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during the 2020 deadly Breonna Taylor raid, declining a U.S. Department of Justice recommendation that he be given ...
Washington Times
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Brett Hankison's sentencing hearing set for ex-Kentucky officer convicted in Breonna Taylor raid - Washington Times
July 22, 2025 - Louisville police used a drug warrant to enter the apartment, but found no drugs or cash inside. A separate jury deadlocked on federal charges against Hankison in 2023, and he was acquitted on state charges of wanton endangerment in 2022.
The 19th News
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Jury finds ex-detective guilty of violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights in deadly raid
November 2, 2024 - A federal jury convicted former Louisville Metro Police Detective Brett Hankison of using excessive force in violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old who died in a no-knock police raid of her apartment in March 2020.
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Judge gives ex-officer nearly 3 years in Breonna Taylor raid, rebuffs DOJ call for no prison time – NBC Connecticut
July 22, 2025 - A federal judge on Monday sentenced a former Kentucky police officer to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during the 2020 deadly Breonna Taylor raid, declining a U.S. Department of Justice recommendation that he be given ...
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Brett Hankison faces 33 months in prison, Breonna Taylor's family speaks out
July 21, 2025 - A federal jury convicted the former detective on Nov. 1, 2024, of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor.
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Breonna Taylor case: Former LMPD officer Brett Hankison serving federal prison sentence in New Jersey
Former LMPD officer Brett Hankison was convicted last November of violating Breonna Taylor's rights the night of a deadly raid at her apartment. ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A former Louisville Metro Police (LMPD) detective convicted of violating ...
Published: October 9, 2025
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Brett Hankison's attorneys file motion for new trial after former LMPD detective convicted
December 11, 2025 - Attorneys for former Louisville Metro Police Department Detective Brett Hankison have filed a motion for a new trial.Hankison was convicted earlier this month on federal charges of violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor during the 2020 ...
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US judge sentences ex-police officer to 33 months for violating civil rights of Breonna Taylor | Reuters
July 22, 2025 - Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab Read more · Hankison was convicted by a federal jury in November 2024 of one count of violating Taylor's civil rights, after the first attempt to prosecute him ended with a mistrial.
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Officer convicted in Breonna Taylor raid gets 33-month sentence
A former Kentucky police officer ... Taylor, a black woman, in her home. A federal jury last year found Brett Hankison guilty of violating Taylor's civil rights by using excessive force. The maximum sentence for the charge was ...
Published: July 21, 2025
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Ex-officer Brett Hankison sentenced to 33 months in prison in Breonna Taylor's death - ABC News
July 22, 2025 - Hankison is the only person to be convicted in relation to Taylor's death.
NBC Los Angeles
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Judge gives ex-officer nearly 3 years in Breonna Taylor raid, rebuffs DOJ call for no prison time – NBC Los Angeles
July 22, 2025 - A federal judge on Monday sentenced a former Kentucky police officer to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during the 2020 deadly Breonna Taylor raid, declining a U.S. Department of Justice recommendation that he be given ...
USA Today
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Brett Hankison sentenced in federal court. How family, others are reacting
July 22, 2025 - He was later convicted on one charge during his re-trial in 2024 and faced up to life in prison. The U.S. Department of Justice recommended a sentence of just one day in a memorandum released July 16, but during court proceedings, Western Kentucky ...
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Federal prosecutors say they will retry Brett Hankison on charges stemming from Breonna Taylor raid | In-depth | wdrb.com
December 14, 2023 - In March 2022, a jury in a state criminal case found Hankison not guilty on three counts of wanton endangerment stemming from the shots fired into a neighboring apartment during the raid.
The 19th News
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Breonna Taylor shooting: Brett Hankison sentenced to 33 months in prison
July 23, 2025 - A jury convicted Hankison on the charge in November 2024, marking the first time an officer at the scene of the raid on Taylor’s apartment has been held criminally responsible for it.