A former Louisville police officer was sentenced to 33 months in prison for violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor , a 26-year-old Black woman who was killed during a botched raid on her home and whose death sparked nationwide demonstrations for equality.

The July 21 sentence defied a last-minute request from federal prosecutors that Brett Hankison receive only a one-day sentence.

In March 2020, the then-officer fired 10 rounds into Taylor's apartment, three of which traveled into an adjacent unit. None of the rounds fired by Hankison hit Taylor or any neighbors, but he was charged with violating their civil rights in 2022.

His first trial on those charges ended in a mistrial in 2023. In November, a second federal jury convicted Hankison of violating Taylor's civil rig

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