DOJ Seeks One-Day Sentence for Ex-Officer in Breonna Taylor Civil Rights Case
DOJ Seeks One-Day Sentence for Ex-Officer in Breonna Taylor Civil Rights Case The U.S. Department of Justice has controversially recommended a one-day jail sentence and supervised release for former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison, who is set to be sentenced on Monday for violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor. Taylor was fatally shot by police in her Kentucky home in March 2020. Hankison was convicted in November 2024 of one count of civil rights abuse for firing shots into…