A federal judge denied former Louisville Metro Police officer Brett Hankison's request to be released on bond while he appeals a 33-month prison sentence he received for violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor during the 2020 police raid at her apartment.

"Despite his low risk of flight or danger to others, Hankison has failed to demonstrate a substantial question of law or fact material to his appeal justifying bond," Western Kentucky District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings wrote in a court ruling filed Oct. 6.

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