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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dylan Lovan

Sentencing hearing set for ex-Kentucky officer convicted in Breonna Taylor raid

A federal judge prepared Monday afternoon to sentence an ex-Kentucky police officer convicted of using excessive force during the deadly Breonna Taylor raid, days after the U.S. Justice Department recommended he receive no prison time in the Black woman's fatal shooting.

Brett Hankison fired his weapon the night of the March 2020 botched drug raid. His shots didn’t hit or injure anyone, though they flew through Taylor’s walls into a neighboring apartment.

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