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DOJ seeks one-day sentence for officer involved in Breonna Taylor case
MSNBC· 2025-07-21 00:17
There's a lot going on in the world of police accountability and yet most of it seems sadly unsurprising. The Department of Justice has now completely reversed course and is asking for one day for the officer who fired 10 shots into the home of Briana Taylor on the night of her death as part of a police raid. We're talking about Brett Hankson.And it's not even a new day. It's time served for the day that the officer got when he was actually arrested. Now, keep in mind, this was the same DOJ that actually in ...
'Spitting in the face of Lady Justice': Rev. Al slams DOJ memo on ex-officer in Taylor case
MSNBC· 2025-07-18 15:57
botched drug raid back in 2020. On Wednesday, the DOJ asked a judge in the case for a one-day sentence, which is the length of time that Hankisones spent in jail when he was initially booked on the charges. In the filing, the DOJ argues that Hankesen deserves a punishment that is less than what federal sentencing guidelines recommend, adding that he will probably never be able to serve again as a police officer or own a firearm, and that he quote did not wound Taylor or anyone else at the scene that day, al ...