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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Brett Hankison Sentenced to Nearly 3 Years for Breonna Taylor's Death
Caption: Brett Hankison Sentenced to Nearly 3 Years for Breonna Taylor’s Death, Former Kentucky police officer Brett Hankison was sentenced to 33 months in prison for using excessive force during the 2020 botched raid that killed Breonna Taylor. Hankison fired 10 shots during the raid, narrowly missing a neighboring family, but was the only officer charged over Taylor’s death. Despite the U.S. Department of Justice recommending no prison time, District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings disagreed, stating that not imprisoning Hankison would diminish the jury's verdict. The judge expressed surprise that no one was injured by Hankison’s shots, which pierced the walls of Taylor’s apartment and narrowly missed a family. Breonna Taylor, 26, was killed during a no-knock warrant raid in March 2020, when officers shot her after her boyfriend fired in self-defense, thinking intruders had broken in. Despite two officers firing the fatal shots, no charges were brought against them, as prosecutors deemed their return fire justifie. It was later revealed that the police were searching for an ex-partner of Taylor, an alleged drug dealer, who didn’t live at the apartment. Taylor’s death, alongside the killings of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, sparked widespread protests in the U.S. and around the world. Hankison’s sentence also includes three years of supervised probation, and the decision on his incarceration will be made by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
Keywords: Current Affairs & Politics,Brett Hankison,Breonna Taylor,Kentucky police,excessive force,prison sentence,no-knock warrant,death,U.S. Department of Justice,protest,legal consequences,police misconduct,Breonna Taylor death,George Floyd,Ahmaud Arbery,Black Lives Matter
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