Officer convicted in Breonna Taylor raid gets 33-month sentence

The Trump administration last week asked the judge to give the former Kentucky police officer Brett Hankison one day behind bars.

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A federal jury last year found Brett Hankison guilty of violating Taylor's civil rights by using excessive force. The maximum sentence for the charge was life in prison.

The sentencing comes days after the Trump administration asked the judge to give Hankison a one-day sentence - a position that starkly contrasts with the approach to the case under President Joe Biden.

Hankison is the only officer who has been charged and convicted directly in connection with the botched raid.

Another former officer, Kelly Goodlett, who pleaded guilty to conspiring with a colleague to falsify the affidavit used to obtain a search warrant for Taylor's home and to cover up their actions after her death, will be sentenced next year.