Aunt of Breonna Taylor taken into custody outside courthouse after officer involved in fatal raid receives 33 months.
Breonna Taylor’s Aunt Arrested During Protest in Louisville On Monday, Breonna Taylor’s aunt, Bianca Austin, was taken into custody outside a Louisville courthouse. This occurred just hours before the sentencing of a former officer, Brett Hankison, who was convicted in connection with the events that led to Taylor’s death. Austin was among four individuals arrested […]
Brett Hankison received a sentence for infringing on Breonna Taylor’s civil rights.
Former Police Officer Sentenced for Civil Rights Violation A federal judge has handed down a 33-month prison sentence to Louisville police officer Brett Hankison for breaching the civil rights of Breonna Taylor, a woman who lost her life during a botched drug raid back in 2020. The 49-year-old Hankison was found guilty last year of […]
DOJ requests a one-day sentence for the officer found guilty in the Breonna Taylor case
The U.S. Department of Justice has requested that a federal judge impose a minimal sentence on former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison for his role in violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights last year. This request comes despite Hankison’s conviction, which typically would entail a lengthy prison term. In a recent court filing, the Justice Department’s […]
DOJ racing the clock to enshrine ‘woke’ policing rules, lawyer says, as judge hears Breonna Taylor reform case
First appearance on Fox: A Kentucky judge ruled against a police reform consent decree forged by the Department of Justice and the city of Louisville in a hearing that one court participant described as a hasty attempt by the Biden administration to undermine President-elect Donald Trump. refused to sign immediately. Monday's hearing was one of […]
Watchdog seeks to halt 11th-hour Biden DOJ effort to ‘handcuff’ Kentucky police over Breonna Taylor incident
Exclusive: Conservative legal watchdog group plans to file brief in Kentucky court urging judges not to bless consent decree The bill, which would reform police practices in the wake of the controversial 2020 death of Breonna Taylor, was enacted by Attorney General Merrick Garland, the city of Louisville and Jefferson County, Kentucky. The Oversight Project […]
Louisville Officer shot in Breonna Taylor raid shares story
Breonna Taylor became a symbol of the Black Lives Matter movement when she was shot and killed by Louisville police, but the narrative surrounding her death has since changed 180 degrees. Years later, those who tried to demonize the police were proven wrong when a ruling came out that it was Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, […]
Judge faults Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend for shooting death, clears 2 Louisville officers of felony charges
A federal judge has acquitted two former Louisville police officers of felony charges in connection with the shooting of Breonna Taylor, instead finding Taylor’s boyfriend responsible for her death. In an order Thursday, U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson dismissed felony charges of “deprivation of rights by force of law” against former Louisville police detective Joshua […]
Judge rules Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend caused her death, dismisses some charges against ex-officers
A federal judge has dismissed felony charges against two former Louisville police officers accused of forging a warrant that led police to Breonna Taylor’s home before shooting and killing her. U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson ruled that the actions of Taylor’s boyfriend, who fired shots at police on the night of the attack, were the […]