LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

Former Louisville police detective Brett Hankison has reported to prison. Advertisement

Hankison was convicted of violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights during a deadly police raid at her apartment in March 2020.

He was sentenced to 33 months in prison.

His attorneys filed a motion, requesting a 60 to 90 day delay so he can appeal his conviction.

But the judge denied the request.

Hankison fired 10 shots into Taylor’s glass door and windows during the raid but didn’t hit anyone. Some shots entered a next-door neighbor’s apartment.

Hankison argued throughout the trial that he was acting to protect his fellow officers after Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired at them when they broke down Taylor’s door with a battering ram. Walker shot and wounded one of the of

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