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...