Former Louisville detective Brett Hankison is one of four officers who faced federal charges after a deadly 2020 drug raid.

A federal jury Nov. 1 found a former Kentucky police officer guilty of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor.This is the first conviction of a police officer who was involved in the deadly raid that sparked national protests in 2020.

'an attempt to kill'

After a jury found that a former police detective used excessive force in the 2020 raid that killed Ms. Taylor, residents expressed both hope for police reform and reservations about the verdict.

A federal jury found former Kentucky police detective Brett Hankison guilty of using excessive force in the 2020 Kentucky raid which killed Breonna Taylor. Her death sparked police reform and racial justice protests nationwide. Hankison faces a maximum sentence of life in prison in his March sentencing.

A former Louisville police officer was convicted on Friday of violating Breonna Taylors civil rights during the 2020 raid at her apartment that resulted in her death. The jury found that former officer Brett Hankison used excessive force against Taylor when he fired 10 shots during the botched raid at Taylors apartment, though none of […]

Former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison has been found guilty of violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was fatally shot inside her own apartment during a botched law enforcement raid in 2020.

The conviction for excessive force on Taylor was delivered late on Friday evening by the 12-member jury, despite the shots not causing physical harm to anyone.

A jury on Friday found former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison guilty of violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights after deliberating for three days in the federal trial.

Breonna Taylor was killed in a botched drug raid at her home in Louisville in March 2020.

Former Louisville police detective Brett Hankison was found guilty of violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor during a botched 2020 raid that killed Taylor.

Former Louisville police detective Brett Hankison was found guilty of violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor during a botched 2020 raid that killed Taylor.

Jury found Brett Hankison used excessive force in botched police raid in 2020 in which Black woman was shot dead.

A federal jury convicted a former Louisville police detective of violating Breonna Taylor's rights by using excessive force when he fired 10 shots during the fatal 2020 raid on her apart...

Former Louisville police officerBrett Hankison was convicted as a result, after jurors found he used excessive force during the 2020 drug raid that left Taylor dead.

The former detective fired 10 shots through Ms. Taylors apartment in a raid that set off a wave of protests across the country.

The 12-member jury returned the late night verdict after clearing Brett Hankison earlier in the evening on a charge that he used excessive force on Taylor's neighbors.

The 12-member jury returned the late night verdict after clearing Brett Hankison earlier in the evening on a charge that he used excessive force on Taylor's neighbors.

Prosecutors argued Brett Hankison's use of force was unjustified and violated the civil rights of Breonna Taylor and her three neighbors.