LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict on federal civil rights charges Thursday in the trial of a former Louisville police officer charged in Breonna Taylor's death, prompting the judge to declare a mistrial. Brett Hankison was charged with using excessive force that violated the rights of Breonna Taylor, her boyfriend and her next-door neighbors. Hankison fired 10 shots into Taylor's window and a glass door after officers came under fire during a flawed drug warrant search on March 13, 2020. Some of his shots flew into...

The federal trial of Brett Hankison, the former Louisville, Ky., police officer facing civil rights charges over the death of Breonna Taylor, has ended in a mistrial. The development comes after three days of jury deliberation, leaving much unanswered in a case that ignited protests over police violence involving Black people.The Louisville Courier-Journalreports jurors deliberated for three full days, which resulted in a deadlock over the fate of Hankison. He was already acquitted in March 2022 on state charges of wanton endangerment in the case. The jury, consisting of five...

The federal trial for former Louisville, Ky. police officer Brett Hankison in connection to the shooting death of Breonna Taylor ended in a mistrial Thursday when the jury was deadlocked. Taylor was killed at her boyfriend’s apartment on March 13, 2020 when she was shot during a “no-knock” drug raid by police. After Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired a single shot, hitting one of the officers in the leg, three officers shot back. Hankison fired 10 times but did not hit Taylor. Hankison, 47, was charged with using excessive force...

A federal judge declared a mistrial Thursday after jurors failed to reach a verdict in the civil rights trial of a former Louisville police detective who was part of the botched raid that killed Breonna Taylor in 2020. Brett Hankison was charged with violating the civil rights of the 26-year-old Black woman, her boyfriend and her neighbors when he opened fire through a window and a sliding glass door into her apartment during the raid. Hankison was charged with two counts of deprivation of rights for firing 10 rounds through...

A mistrial has been declared in the case involving a former Louisville police officer accused of violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights in the 2020 botched raid that led to her death. The mistrial was declared Thursday after the jury was deadlocked on both counts against Brett Hankison, who fired stray bullets in the deadly raid. He faced a maximum sentence of life in prison, federal prosecutors could decide to retry Hankison. He was accused of using excessive when fired 10 shots into Taylor’s window and a glass door after officers...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal judge declared a mistrial Thursday afternoon after a jury deadlocked on civil rights charges against a former Louisville police officer who fired stray bullets in the deadly raid that left Breonna Taylor dead. Brett Hankison was charged with using excessive force that violated the rights of Breonna Taylor, her boyfriend and her next-door neighbors. Hankison fired 10 shots into Taylor’s window and a glass door after officers came under fire during the flawed drug warrant search on March 13, 2020. Some of his shots flew...

One of the most reviled figures surrounding the botched police raid that led to the police killing of Breonna Taylor was on Tuesday officially rejected by Kentucky voters who decided to re-elect the incumbent Democratic governor instead. Republican gubernatorial nominee Daniel Cameron was projected to lose the race by NBC News after Gov. Andy Beshear had secured more than 50% of the vote. The election results leave Cameron out of a job once Republican Russell Coleman — who defeated Democrat Pamela Stevenson to be the next attorney general of Kentucky...

With help from Ella Creamer, Rishika Dugyala, Jesse Naranjo and Teresa Wiltz What up, Recast family! It’s another Election Day, with several states holding municipal elections and three holding statewide contests — Mississippi, Virginia and Kentucky. Today we’ll kick things off with a look at today’s marquee contest, the gubernatorial showdown in Kentucky. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, the rare Democrat leading a red state, is attempting an precarious feat: securing a second term in a state where Joe Biden got trounced by 26 points in the last presidential election. Beshear’s...

Jurors hearing the case of former Louisville Metro Police detective Brett Hankison will go to Breonna Taylor’s apartment complex to see the scene where Taylor was fatally shot, and where Hankison fired his gun into Taylor’s apartment building. Hankison’s defense team had requested that jurors go to the scene, and U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings partially approved their motion Friday. The jurors will not see the interior of the apartment. Hankison’s trial started Monday with jury selection. Forty-four potential jurors were in the pool Monday, but that will be...