Louisville, Kentucky- Luisville, Kentucky (AP) – a former Louisville police informant I owe the use of excessive strength During the deadly raid on Briona Taylor, he is expected to go to prison this week, after the judge refused to try to stay free while appealing the verdict.
Brett Hankson became the first coach of the raid to be convicted of criminal charges when the jury convicted him of excessive force in November. It was He was sentenced to 33 months in prison In July, he soon resumed appeal asking the judge to allow him to stay free on bail.
The American boycott judge, Rebika Jaradi Jennings, rejected on Monday the request for Hanxon’s bond. It is scheduled to return to prison on Thursday. Jennings wrote in her ruling that Hankson “failed to prove a fundamental legal issue or a fundamental fact in its appeal that justifies the bonds.”
Hankson pulled his pistol and fired 10 shots at Taylor’s windows on the night of the deadly raid, but he did not hit anyone. Some of his shots targeted a adjacent apartment, and almost hit two people inside.
Jennings said while pronouncing Hankson’s judgment that she was “amazed” because one of Hunkson’s shots was not injured. The first federal trial of Hancison ended on charges of excessive force with a wrong trial in 2023, and was acquitted of the state’s charges of overwhelmingly exposing in 2022.
Prior to the verdict of it, the US Department of Justice He asked not to be awarded Hankson prison sentence.
Jennings expressed his disappointment at the request, saying that the Ministry of Justice is dealing with Hankson’s actions as an “unimportant crime.”
Two other officers opened fire on Taylor when they were shot, after Taylor’s friend opened the fire when the police destroyed the door. Hankson was behind the officers and when the shooting began, he ran next to the apartment and shot through the windows.
Hankson said during the trial that he was trying to protect his fellow officers, who were believed to have been shooting from a person inside a gun.