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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Bedigan

‘Racism in plain sight’: Outrage after DOJ seeks one-day sentence for cop convicted in Breonna Taylor shooting

Social media users have reacted with outrage in response to news that the Department of Justice is seeking just a one-day prison sentence for a Louisville police officer convicted in the killing of Breonna Taylor.

A memo sent late to a judge Wednesday night, seen by The Washington Post, claimed that Brett Hankison, who is white, should not have been prosecuted over the civil rights charges on which he was convicted under the Biden administration.

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