Topic: Brett Hankison

A federal jury failed to reach a verdict in the civil rights trial of a former Louisville police officer connected with the 2020 death of Breonna Taylor, leading the judge to declare a mistrial on Thursday.

Former Louisville Metro Police Det. Kelly Hannah Goodlett pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy for allegedly falsifying an affidavit for the search of Breonna Taylor's home in 2020 in which she was fatally shot.

A former Kentucky police officer is expected to appear in court on Monday to plead guilty to a federal conspiracy charge related to the controversial shooting death of Breonna Taylor.

The federal civil rights charges are for the officers' alleged falsification of the affidavit used to get the search warrant on Taylor's apartment in 2020. Her apartment was targeted by mistake.

Breonna Taylor's mother, Tamika Palmer, on Monday met with Justice Department officials to call on the agency to bring federal charges against the officers involved in her March 13, 2020, death.

A Kentucky jury took less than a day Thursday to find former Louisville police detective Brett Hankison not guilty of all wanton endangerment charges related to the shooting death of Breonna Taylor.

Former Louisville, Ky., detective Brett Hankison testified Wednesday that he mistook police gunfire for a suspect shooting at him during the raid that killed Breonna Taylor in March 2020.

Former Louisville, Ky., police officer Brett Hankison told investigators he feared his fellow officers were "sitting ducks" as they faced fire while executing a no-knock warrant that led to the death of Breonna Taylor.

The sole trial connected to the 2020 Louisville, Ky., raid that killed Breonna Taylor and sparked widespread protests against police violence started Wednesday.

The Justice Department on Monday launched a wide-ranging "pattern or practice" investigation of Louisville's police department in the wake of last year's police shooting death of Breonna Taylor.