Ex-officer sentenced to 33 months in prison in Breonna Taylor case
Brett Hankison, a former police officer in Louisville, Kentucky, who was convicted in Breonna Taylor's death, was sentenced to 33 months in prison on Monday.
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Brett Hankison, a former police officer in Louisville, Kentucky, who was convicted in Breonna Taylor's death, was sentenced to 33 months in prison on Monday.
Brett Hankison, a former Kentucky police officer who was convicted in the death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician, was sentenced to 33 months in prison. Nicole Valdes has details.
Brett Hankison, the former Louisville, Kentucky, police officer convicted of violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights, is set to be sentenced Monday. Taylor was killed in her home in March 2020 in a botched drug raid. CBS News' Nicole Valdes has the latest.
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A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case against a former police officer charged in connection with the death of Breonna Taylor. Brett Hankison faced two federal civil rights charges in the case. CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi has the latest from Louisville, Kentucky.
A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of former Louisville police detective Brett Hankison, who was part of the botched raid that killed Breonna Taylor in 2020. CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi has the latest.
A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after jurors failed to reach a verdict in the civil rights trial of Brett Hankison, a former Louisville police detective who was part of the botched raid that killed Breonna Taylor in 2020.
A jury is deliberating for a third day in the federal trial of former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison, who's accused of violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights. Hankison testified Monday that he thought his fellow officers were being executed when he heard Taylor's boyfriend fire his gun during a 2020 raid. Prosecutors claim officers broke into Taylor's home with a falsified "no-knock warrant." Taylor was shot at least eight times even though she was not a suspect. CBS News senior national correspondent Mark Strassmann has more.
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The four current and former officers face various civil rights and obstruction charges stemming from Taylor's 2020 death.
The Justice Department is charging four current and former Louisville officers in connection to the death of Breonna Taylor. The 26-year-old was shot and killed by police in her apartment during a botched raid in 2020. Vice News correspondent Roberto Ferdman has been closely monitoring the investigation, and he joins CBS News with more.
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