Former US officer convicted of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during fatal shooting

A erstwhile US constabulary serviceman has been convicted by a national assemblage of utilizing excessive unit connected Breonna Taylor during a botched drugs raid that near her dead.

Ms Taylor, a 26-year-old exigency aesculapian technician (EMT), was dormant with her fellow successful Louisville, Kentucky, successful March 2020 erstwhile constabulary carried retired a "no-knock" raid and broke down the doorway to her flat.

Fearing idiosyncratic was breaking successful her fellow fired a azygous shot, wounding 1 officer.

The officers past returned occurrence and six shots struck Ms Taylor, sidesplitting her.

Police were searching for Ms Taylor's erstwhile partner, who did not unrecorded astatine the address. No drugs were recovered successful the property.

Ms Taylor's decease and the sidesplitting of George Floyd successful Minneapolis aboriginal successful the twelvemonth fuelled protests crossed the US and astir the satellite successful the summertime of 2020.

On Friday a 12-member assemblage convicted Brett Hankison of utilizing excessive unit connected Ms Taylor but cleared him connected a complaint helium utilized excessive unit connected her neighbours.

Hankison fired 10 shots into Ms Taylor's solid doorway and windows during the raid, but did not deed anyone.

Some shots deed a next-door neighbour's adjoining apartment.

Hankison is the archetypal Louisville constabulary serviceman progressive successful the deadly raid to beryllium convicted.

The condemnation carries a maximum condemnation of beingness successful prison.

The 48-year-old argued helium was acting to support his chap officers aft Ms Taylor's fellow fired connected them.

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Of the 3 officers who fired their weapons during the raid, lone Hankison has faced transgression charges.

Kentucky's lawyer wide did not urge charges for them and they were not indicted by the expansive jury.

In 2022 a authorities tribunal acquitted Hankison of putting Ms Taylor's neighbours successful information by firing his weapon.