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Ex-officer sentenced to nearly three years for role in Breonna Taylor’s killing (www.theguardian.com)

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A broken clock, usw ...

A federal judge on Monday sentenced an ex-Kentucky police officer to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during the 2020 deadly raid on Breonna Taylor’s home, declining a justice department recommendation that he be given no prison time.

Brett Hankison, who fired 10 shots during the raid but didn’t hit anyone, was the only officer on the scene charged in the Black woman’s death. He is the first person sentenced to prison in the case that rocked the city of Louisville and spawned weeks of street protests over police brutality five years ago.

Last week, the justice department recommended a one-day jail sentence and supervised release in Hankison’s case. In a sentencing memorandum, assistant attorney general for civil rights Harmeet K Dhillon and senior counsel Robert J Keenan said Hankison had suffered psychological stress from the legal battle.

The US district judge Rebecca Grady Jennings sentenced Hankison at a hearing Monday afternoon. She said that no prison time “is not appropriate” for Hankison and said she was “startled” that there weren’t more people injured in the raid.

Hankison will serve 33 months in prison as well as three years of supervised probation.

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[–] ech@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 weeks ago

Brett Hankison, who fired 10 shots during the raid but didn’t hit anyone, was the only officer on the scene charged in the Black woman’s death.

WTF is this? A token sacrifice while the killer walks free? Fuck that.