A former Kentucky police officer was on Thursday found not guilty on charges he endangered neighbors the night he fired into Breonna Taylor’s apartment during a botched drug raid that resulted in her death.
The panel of eight men and four women delivered its verdict for Brett Hankison about three hours after it took the case following closing arguments from prosecution and defense attorneys.
None of the officers involved in the March 13, 2020, raid were charged with Taylor’s death, and Hankison did not fire any of the bullets that killed the 26-year-old black woman. His acquittal likely closes the door on
A former Kentucky police officer was found not guilty Thursday on charges he endangered neighbors the night he fired into Breonna Taylor s apartment during a botched drug raid that resulted in Taylor s death.