{"id":1357874,"date":"2022-03-04T07:51:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T12:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1357874"},"modified":"2022-03-04T07:55:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T12:55:26","slug":"ex-cop-in-breonna-taylor-case-found-not-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-cop-in-breonna-taylor-case-found-not-guilty\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Cop in Breonna Taylor Case Found Not Guilty"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fex-cop-in-breonna-taylor-case-found-not-guilty%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1357874&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The only Kentucky officer criminally charged in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/13\/supporters-remember-breonna-taylor-on-anniversary-of-death\/\">the bungled raid on Breonna Taylor\u2019s home<\/a>\u00a0was found not guilty Thursday almost two years after she was shot dead.<\/p>\n<p>Ex-Louisville cop Brett Hankison had been accused of endangering Taylor\u2019s neighbors on March 13, 2020, when he fired his gun during the raid. None of his shots hit Taylor or her neighbors, and the two other officers involved in the raid were never charged with crimes. Louisville police fired Hankison,\u00a0a\u00a020-year veteran K-9 officer,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/01\/06\/two-louisville-detectives-fired-in-connection-to-breonna-taylor\/\">for the reckless shooting in June 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last week,\u00a0the jurors visited\u00a0Taylor\u2019s home to help inform their decision.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/hankinson-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/hankinson.png\" alt=\"Brett Hankison was charged with three counts of wanton endangerment in connection to the night Breonna Taylor was killed by police.\" class=\"wp-image-21406318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/hankinson-1.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/hankinson-2.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/hankinson-2.png?w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Brett Hankison was charged with three counts of wanton endangerment in connection to the night Breonna Taylor was killed by police.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Breonna-Taylor-Ex-Officers-Trial.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"802\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Breonna-Taylor-Ex-Officers-Trial.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"The botched raid in 2020 lead to the shooting death of Breonna Taylor.\" class=\"wp-image-21301886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Breonna-Taylor-Ex-Officers-Trial.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Breonna-Taylor-Ex-Officers-Trial.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Breonna-Taylor-Ex-Officers-Trial.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The botched raid in 2020 led to the shooting death of Breonna Taylor.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/breonna-taylor-protests-2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/breonna-taylor-protests-2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Breonna Taylor protest\" class=\"wp-image-21406910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/breonna-taylor-protests-2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/breonna-taylor-protests-2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/breonna-taylor-protests-2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A protestor brandishes a portrait of Breonna Taylor during a rally in remembrance on the one year anniversary of her death in Louisville, Kentucky on March 13, 2021. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/breonna-taylor-2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/breonna-taylor-2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Breonna Taylor\" class=\"wp-image-21406908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/breonna-taylor-2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/breonna-taylor-2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/breonna-taylor-2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Breonna Taylor, an EMT worker, died on March 13 after officers with the Louisville Metro Police Department executed a search warrant at the wrong home, the suit states.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Facebookbianca.austin\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The jury,\u00a0whose racial composition was not released by the court,\u00a0found him not guilty on all three counts of wanton endangerment after it deliberated for around three hours.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, was in bed when police entered her home with a no-knock warrant on March 13, 2020. Her boyfriend fired at the officers, believing an intruder was entering the apartment. Police returned fire and killed Taylor. While Hankison did not fire the fatal shot, Cody Etherton, Taylor\u2019s neighbor and a witness at the trial, said the ex-cop\u2019s bullets almost killed him.<\/p>\n<p>Hankison\u2019s attorney Stewart Mathews maintained throughout the trial that his client responded \u201cas he was taught to do\u201d when he fired 10 shots near the door and window, some of which entered Etherton\u2019s unit.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/brett-hankison-breonna-taylor-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/brett-hankison-breonna-taylor-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Brett Hankison\" class=\"wp-image-21406913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/brett-hankison-breonna-taylor-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/brett-hankison-breonna-taylor-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/brett-hankison-breonna-taylor-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Former Louisville Police officer Brett Hankison, speaks to his attorney following his acquittal on three charges of wanton endangerment, Thursday, March 3, 2022, in Louisville, Ky. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Timothy D. Easley\/Pool via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/brett-hankison-breonna-taylor-2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/brett-hankison-breonna-taylor-2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Brett Hankison\" class=\"wp-image-21406914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/brett-hankison-breonna-taylor-2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/brett-hankison-breonna-taylor-2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/brett-hankison-breonna-taylor-2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Hankison was charged with wanton endangerment for shooting through Breonna Taylor\u2019s apartment into the home of her neighbors during botched police raid that killed Taylor.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Timothy D. Easley\/Pool via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/brett-hankison-breonna-taylor-3-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/brett-hankison-breonna-taylor-3-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=683\" alt=\"Detective Brett Hankison\" class=\"wp-image-21406918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/brett-hankison-breonna-taylor-3-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1366 1366w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/brett-hankison-breonna-taylor-3-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/brett-hankison-breonna-taylor-3-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/brett-hankison-breonna-taylor-3-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=341 341w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Hankison did not fire the fatal shot, Cody Etherton, Taylor\u2019s neighbor said the ex-cop\u2019s bullets almost killed him.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Louisville Metro Police<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He \u201cwas attempting to defend and save the lives of his fellow officers who he thought were still caught in that fatal funnel inside that doorway,\u201d Mathews said in his opening statement, referencing the shots fired by Taylor\u2019s then-boyfriend.<\/p>\n<p>Following the verdict, Mathews said he and his client were \u201cthrilled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe jury felt like you go out and perform your duty and your brother officer gets shot, you got a right to defend yourself. Simple as that,\u201d his lawyer told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor\u2019s mother, Tamika Palmer, was in the court when the verdict was released and left without commenting on the jury\u2019s decision. Her family settled with the city of Louisville for $12 million in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The only Kentucky officer criminally charged in\u00a0the bungled raid on Breonna Taylor\u2019s home\u00a0was found not guilty Thursday almost two years after she was shot dead. 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