Federal prosecutors accuse Brett Hankison, a former officer, of violating the Constitution and using excessive force in the raid that killed the 26-year-old.
The Biden Department of Justice failed to get a conviction last month in the federal civil rights case against the former Louisville detective who returned fire during a drug raid when shot at by Breonna Taylor's boyfriend. Despite admitting ahead of the Nov. 17 mistrial that it would take "enor.
You thought it was over? Nah. Ex-Louisville officer Brett Hankison, accused of shooting aimlessly into Breonna Taylor’s apartment, is expected to be retried in federal court.
A federal jury reached an impasse on Thursday in a civil rights case against a police officer involved in Breonna Taylor’s shooting death in 2020, forcing a mistrial. After nearly a week of deliberation, the jury could not agree on whether to convict former officer Brett Hankison of using excessive force that violated the rights…