Breonna Taylor's family is 'heartbroken' over one-day sentence recommendation for ex-cop

The mother of Breonna Taylor, the Kentucky woman fatally shot by a police officer during a 2020 botched raid on her home, is "heartbroken and angry" by the government's recommendation not to seek jail time for the ex-cop who blindly fired 10 bullets into her daughter's room

The mother of Breonna Taylor, the Kentucky woman fatally shot by a police officer during a 2020 botched raid on her home, is "heartbroken and angry" by the government's recommendation not to seek jail time for the ex-cop who blindly fired 10 bullets into her daughter's room.

The Department of Justice said last week that former Louisville Metro Police Department detective Brett Hankison — who was convicted of deprivation of rights under color of law in November — did not need to face jail time and should be sentenced to a single day in prison since he poses no threat to the public.

Hankison is due to be sentenced on Monday afternoon in Louisville, and Taylor's family is urging the judge in the case to ignore the DOJ recommendation and impose a tougher sentence.

Brett Hankison during his trial in Louisville, Ky., on March 2, 2022. Timothy D. Easley / AP file"The family asked for one thing: that Brett Hankison be sentenced in accordance with the law and federal guidelines. Instead, Tamika Palmer is left, once again, heartbroken and angry," attorneys for Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, including Ben Crump, Lonita Baker, and Sam Aguiar, said in a Sunday statement.

Federal prosecutors said Hankison fired through a window and a sliding glass door that was covered with a curtain and blinds. The shots hit a wall and traveled into an apartment next door, but did not hit Taylor.