(Updated with Ben Crump tweet & Ky Ag remarks) A grand jury in Kentucky decided today to indict a Louisville cop with low level criminal charges in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor earlier this year.
Not directly addressing Taylor’s death nor demands for accountability, former Louisville Detective Brett Hankison has been indicted for wanton endangerment in the first degree for his role in the situation surrounding the March 13 fatality. The three charges against Hankinson are actually centered on shots fired at other apartments in the complex where Taylor lived.
The relatively weak felony charge that Hankinson faces has a maximum penalty of five years behind bars. The two other cops involved in the shooting were not indicted.
Represented by civil rights lawyer Ben Crump, Taylor’s family had advocated for manslaughter charges. Crump took to social media not long after the grand jury result was made public:
Jefferson County Grand Jury indicts former ofc.
Not directly addressing Taylor’s death nor demands for accountability, former Louisville Detective Brett Hankison has been indicted for wanton endangerment in the first degree for his role in the situation surrounding the March 13 fatality. The three charges against Hankinson are actually centered on shots fired at other apartments in the complex where Taylor lived.
The relatively weak felony charge that Hankinson faces has a maximum penalty of five years behind bars. The two other cops involved in the shooting were not indicted.
Represented by civil rights lawyer Ben Crump, Taylor’s family had advocated for manslaughter charges. Crump took to social media not long after the grand jury result was made public:
Jefferson County Grand Jury indicts former ofc.
- 9/23/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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