LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY: Prosecutors to conduct retrial in a former Kentucky cop's controversial fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor during a March 13, 2020, apartment raid. Brett Hankison, a Louisville, Kentucky police was sacked and arrested for firing 10 rounds of bullets while executing a "no-knock" search warrant.ADVERTISEMENT Hankison was charged with wanton endangerment after firing shots through an adjacent apartment endangering a pregnant neighbor, her young child, and her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker. An August 21, trial date has been set for the ex-officer facing federal charges. Previously, a jury had cleared him of all state charges in early 2022 while the federal charges include the endangerment of neighbors, the victim, and her boyfriend. If convicted, Hankison faces maximum life in prison sentence over the deadly police raid. RELATED ARTICLES Breonna Taylor's boyfriend Kenneth Walker III settles 'unlawful raid' lawsuit with Louisville for $2M Breonna Taylor: Brett Hankinson found NOT GUILTY of shooting during raid at Black EMT's house What really happened? Alongside Hankison, three other cops were fired and face federal charges after they allegedly gave false information to obtain a search warrant for Taylor's apartment, reported The Sun. Charges against Hankison and ex-cops Joshua Jaynes, Kyle Meany, and Kelly Hanna Goodlett include civil rights violations, conspiracy, use of excessive force offenses, and obstruction. On the night of the fatal shooting, the four Louisville police officers claimed the search was part of a drug investigation, however, no drugs were found at the crime scene.ADVERTISEMENT Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency room aide was sleeping with her boyfriend when the officers tried to break into her apartment using a ram to gain entry. Although the police claim they announced themselves several times, things swiftly turned awry after Walker fired a single round of shots at the officers, prompting them to fire back, which killed Taylor. Whilst the other officers fired a single shot, Hankison fired additional 10 rounds saying he did so to save his fellow officers. He is the only officer charged with her fatal shooting after Taylor was shot six times. 'Unlawful conduct!' The three officers came under scrutiny after they tried to cover up their "unlawful conduct" and "conspired to mislead federal, state, and local authorities who were investigating the incident." Jayne who filed for the false warrant allegedly lied in the affidavit and was fired from duty on January 2021. Meany, the sergeant in charge of Goodlett and Jaynes’ team was responsible for overseeing the investigation. However, all three were charged with violating Taylor's Fourth Amendment rights, due to their roles in writing and submitting a false affidavit to secure a search warrant.

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DYLAN LOVANFebruary 15, 2023, 5:09 PMFeds preparing for trials in Breonna Taylor police killingLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Lawyers are set to discuss the federal case against a former Kentucky police officer who fired blindly into Breonna Taylor's apartment on the night of the deadly raid that left her dead.It will be the second attempt by prosecutors to convict Brett Hankison for his actions on the night Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, was shot to death by police. Attorneys will meet to discuss the case at a status conference in a Louisville federal courtroom Wednesday.Hankison was indicted by the U.S. Justice Department last year along with three other officers, one of whom has pleaded guilty to helping falsify the warrant used to enter Taylor's apartment on March 13, 2020. Taylor was killed in her hallway after officers broke down the door and Taylor's boyfriend fired a shot that struck a police sergeant.Taylor's killing along with George Floyd's death at the hands of Minnesota police in 2020 ignited protests that summer around the country over racial injustice. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the federal indictments in the Taylor case in August, remarking that Taylor “should be alive today.”Hankison is the only officer who fired shots during the raid who has been charged in any court. Prosecutors determined that two other officers who fired and struck Taylor were justified in shooting back after Taylor's boyfriend fired at them.Hankison, 46, was acquitted in Former detective Joshua Jaynes and former Sgt. Kyle Meany March of charges brought by state prosecutors for endangering Taylor's next-door neighbors with shots he fired into Taylor's apartment that went through her walls. Hankison retreated from the open doorway and fired 10 bullets into a sliding door and window on the side of Taylor’s apartment. The more recent federal charges accuse him of endangering neighbors along with Taylor and her boyfriend.Hankison’s trial is set for Aug. 21 in Louisville before U.S. District Judge Rebecca Jennings Grady. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted.Another former officer, Kelly Goodlett, has already pleaded guilty to a federal charge, and is expected to testify in the cases against two more officers who were involved in crafting the Taylor warrant. Former detective Joshua Jaynes and former Sgt. Kyle Meany are charged with conspiring to deprive Taylor of her civil rights. Jaynes and Meany are set to be tried together on Oct. 25.Goodlett's guilty plea was moved from last year to Dec. 13, presumably after Jaynes and Meany's cases are finished.

The trial of ex-Louisville police Detective Brett Hankison on charges that he violated the civil rights of Breonna Taylor and four others the night when she was killed by another officer during a raid gone bad has been pushed back two additional months.Expected to last three weeks, the trial was to begin Aug. 21, but on a defense motion, U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings Wednesday reset it for Oct. 30.Hankison appeared with new counsel − Jack Byrd of Nashville, Tennessee, and Ibrahim A. Farag of Louisville. The defense told Jennings the government has turned over more than one million pages of evidence and it couldn't process them by August.More:Government demands defense keep some evidence secret in Breonna Taylor civil rights trialsByrd asked Jennings to postpone it until next spring but she said that was too far out.Hankison is charged with using excessive force by firing blindly into Taylor’s apartment on March 13, 2020, through a sliding glass door and a window covered by curtains. He was acquitted on state charges of wanton endangerment but charged federally last August.He is accused of violating the civil rights of Taylor, her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker along with three neighbors, including a pregnant woman and 5-year-old child.What you should know:Which officers face federal charges in the Breonna Taylor caseMore:Ex-LMPD detective has wanton endangerment record expunged in Breonna Taylor caseHankison was fired in 2020 when then-interim Louisville Metro Police Chief Robert Schroeder called the rounds he fired "a shock to the conscience." Hankison testified in Jefferson Circuit Court he was trying to protect two fellow detectives at the apartment’s front door, including Sgt. John Mattingly, who was shot in the leg by Walker who has said he thought the couple was being robbed. Mattingly and Detective Myles Cosgrove returned fire and a bullet from Cosgrove’s gun hit Taylor, killing her.Also charged with federal civil rights charges were Sgt. Kyle Meany and Detectives Joshua Jaynes and Kelly Goodlett, for allegedly fabricating a warrant for the search of Taylor's apartment and other offensesGoodlett pleaded guilty and resigned while Meany, Jaynes and Hankison were fired.  Goodlett is expected to testify for the government against her former colleagues.No date has been set yet for their trial but U.S. Senior Judge Charles R. Simpson III has set a pretrial conference for Tuesday.Breonna Taylor shooting: An 11-month timeline shows how her death changed Louisville

The trial of ex-Louisville police Detective Brett Hankison on charges that he violated the civil rights of Breonna Taylor and four others the night when she was killed by another officer during a raid gone bad has been pushed back two additional months.Expected to last three weeks, the trial was to begin Aug. 21, but on a defense motion, U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings Wednesday reset it for Oct. 30.Hankison appeared with new counsel − Jack Byrd of Nashville, Tennessee, and Ibrahim A. Farag of Louisville. The defense told Jennings the government has turned over more than one million pages of evidence and it couldn't process them by August.More:Government demands defense keep some evidence secret in Breonna Taylor civil rights trialsByrd asked Jennings to postpone it until next spring but she said that was too far out.Hankison is charged with using excessive force by firing blindly into Taylor’s apartment on March 13, 2020, through a sliding glass door and a window covered by curtains. He was acquitted on state charges of wanton endangerment but charged federally last August.He is accused of violating the civil rights of Taylor, her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker along with three neighbors, including a pregnant woman and 5-year-old child.What you should know:Which officers face federal charges in the Breonna Taylor caseMore:Ex-LMPD detective has wanton endangerment record expunged in Breonna Taylor caseHankison was fired in 2020 when then-interim Louisville Metro Police Chief Robert Schroeder called the rounds he fired "a shock to the conscience." Hankison testified in Jefferson Circuit Court he was trying to protect two fellow detectives at the apartment’s front door, including Sgt. John Mattingly, who was shot in the leg by Walker who has said he thought the couple was being robbed. Mattingly and Detective Myles Cosgrove returned fire and a bullet from Cosgrove’s gun hit Taylor, killing her.Also charged with federal civil rights charges were Sgt. Kyle Meany and Detectives Joshua Jaynes and Kelly Goodlett, for allegedly fabricating a warrant for the search of Taylor's apartment and other offensesGoodlett pleaded guilty and resigned while Meany, Jaynes and Hankison were fired.  Goodlett is expected to testify for the government against her former colleagues.No date has been set yet for their trial but U.S. Senior Judge Charles R. Simpson III has set a pretrial conference for Tuesday.Breonna Taylor shooting: An 11-month timeline shows how her death changed Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The large volume of evidence collected in the Breonna Taylor case prompted a judge to push back the trial date for a former Kentucky police officer who fired into Taylor’s apartment during a deadly no-knock raid in 2020. Brett Hankison’s federal court trial will be a second attempt by prosecutors to convict Hankison for endangering Taylor and her next-door neighbors. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings moved Hankison’s trial back about two months to Oct. 30. Hankison’s attorneys said they need more time to process all the evidence. Hankison was indicted on federal charges in August. FOX28 Spokane©

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The large volume of evidence collected in the Breonna Taylor case prompted a judge on Wednesday to push back the trial date for a former Kentucky police officer who fired blindly into Taylor's apartment during the deadly no-knock raid on her apartment in 2020.The trial will mark a second attempt by prosecutors to convict Brett Hankison for his actions on the night Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, was shot to death by police in Louisville. Taylor, who worked as an emergency medical technician, was shot multiple times during the raid. The warrant for the raid was later found to be flawed.U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings moved the trial back about two months to Oct. 30, after Hankison's lawyers asked for more time to process massive amounts of evidence turned over by federal prosecutors.Hankison was indicted by the U.S. Justice Department last year along with three other officers, one of whom has pleaded guilty to helping falsify the warrant used to enter Taylor's apartment on March 13, 2020. Taylor was killed in her hallway after officers broke down the door and Taylor's boyfriend fired a shot that struck a police sergeant. None of Hankison's shots hit Taylor.Her killing along with George Floyd's death at the hands of Minnesota police in 2020 ignited protests that summer around the country over racial injustice. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the federal indictments in the Taylor case in August, remarking that Taylor “should be alive today.”Hankison is the only officer who fired shots during the raid who has been charged in any court. Prosecutors determined that two other officers who fired and struck Taylor were justified in shooting back after Taylor's boyfriend fired at them. Hankison attorney Jack Byrd also told Jennings Wednesday that his team needs time to meet with use-of-force and crime scene experts to go over evidence.Hankison, 46, was acquitted in March of charges brought by state prosecutors for endangering Taylor's next-door neighbors with shots he fired into Taylor's apartment that went through her walls. Hankison retreated from the open doorway and fired 10 bullets into a sliding door and window on the side of Taylor’s apartment. The more recent federal charges accuse him of endangering neighbors along with Taylor and her boyfriend. Another former officer, Kelly Goodlett, has pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge, and is expected to testify in the cases against two more officers who were involved in crafting the Taylor warrant. Former detective Joshua Jaynes and former Sgt. Kyle Meany are charged with conspiring to deprive Taylor of her civil rights. Jaynes and Meany are set to be tried together on Oct. 25.Goodlett's guilty plea was moved from last year to Dec. 13, presumably after Jaynes and Meany's cases are finished.