The 10 shots Brett Hankison fired into Breonna Taylor 's apartment the night she was killed in a police raid put Taylor, her neighbors and even one of Hankison’s fellow Louisville police officers in danger, federal prosecutors argued Monday.
Lawyers made opening statements in Hankison’s second federal trial in U.S. District Court in Louisville. Prosecutors are trying again to convict Hankison on charges that he violated the civil rights of Taylor and her neighbors by firing shots into her darkened windows the night of the 2020 raid. Last year’s trial ended with a jury deadlocked, prompting the judge to declare a mistrial.
