Breonna Taylor, of Hankison and Louisville police
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Prosecutors said the former Louisville police detective fired through a window and a sliding glass door in the botched raid that killed Taylor.
Hankison fired 10 shots through Taylor's apartment windows during the botched drug raid, though his bullets didn't strike anyone. The shots passed through the walls into a neighboring apartment. Taylor, 26, was killed by two other officers in her hallway after her boyfriend fired at police, striking an officer in the leg.
The U.S. government has recommended just one day in jail for ex-officer Brett Hankinson, convicted of violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights during a deadly 2020 raid. The move sparked outrage from her family and activists,
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