But justice wont be served until the fired officer is reinstated with back pay
by Bob Walsh
Former
Louisville KY. police officer Brett Hankinson was fired immediately
after the Breonna Taylor raid last year and was prosecuted on three
counts of "wanton endangerment" for allegedly firing blindly thru glass
doors and windows into Ms. Taylor's apartment. Hankinson did not
challenge the basic facts of the case but asserted that he feared that
his fellow cops were being murdered inside the apartment.
The
cops fired a total of 32 rounds in response to Ms. Taylor's boyfriend,
Kenneth Walker, firing on them as they entered. Walker asserts that the
cops did not identify themselves on entering and he thought they were
being attacked. Walker was unhurt. Ms. Taylor was shot to death by the
cops as she sat on her bed.
Hankinson
was the only officer charged for actions during the raid. The jury was
out a total of three hours and came back with NOT GUILTY on all
counts.
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