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Breonna Taylor

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March 2, 2022
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Marking one year since Breonna Taylor’s death

Marking one year since the police killing of Breonna Taylor 07:49

Former Louisville detective Brett Hankison testified in his own defense Wednesday about his actions during the police raid that killed Breonna Taylor, saying the gunfire began with a muzzle flash that illuminated the shadowy silhouette, and he thought it was someone firing an automatic rifle at his fellow officers.

Hankison is charged with three counts of wanton endangerment, a felony with a sentencing range of one to five years.

Asked if he did anything wrong during the raid, he said “absolutely not.” As for Taylor, he said “she didn’t need to die that night.” Breonna Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, then stormed out of the courtroom.

Hankison said that as a police battering ram broke open Taylor’s door, the blast of a gun lit up the apartment’s hallway and his fellow officer fell wounded in the doorway.

“The percussion from that muzzle flash I could feel,” Hankison said, apparently struggling to maintain his composure as he described Sergeant Jonathan Mattingly going down.

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Former Louisville Police officer Brett Hankison gets emotional as he describes the scene during testimony during his trial Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in Louisville, Kentucky.  Timothy D. Easley / AP

Hankison said he decided “to get out of that fatal funnel as quickly as possible and get to a location where I can return rounds,” so he ran around a corner where he could see more muzzle flashes through a sliding glass door and a bedroom window, despite their closed blinds and curtains.

“I knew Sergeant Mattingly was down and I knew they were trying to get to him and it appeared to me they were being executed with this rifle,” Hankison said. “I thought I could put rounds through that bedroom window and stop the threat.”

The prosecution finished presenting its case on Tuesday with testimony from Chelsey Napper, who called 911 after Hankison’s gunfire ripped through her apartment, which shared a common wall with Taylor’s. Hankison is charged with endangering Napper, her 5-year-old son and her boyfriend, Cody Etherton, while his fellow officers exchanged gunfire with Taylor’s boyfriend during the raid next door.

Hankison was fired by police for shooting “blindly” during the raid on March 13, 2020. He fired 10 shots, none of which hit Taylor or Walker. No police were charged in the Black woman’s death.

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Breonna Taylor was shot and killed during a police search in Louisville, Kentucky.

Walker told investigators that he had fired a single shot with a handgun because he thought intruders were breaking in. Walker’s bullet hit Mattingly in the leg, and Mattingly and another officer, Myles Cosgrove, opened fire in response, killing Taylor.

Hankison told investigators about two weeks after the raid that he had looked inside once officers broke open Taylor’s door and thought he saw “a figure in a shooting stance” with a long gun or AR-15 rifle. His lawyer said Hankison then backed away, rounded a corner and fired shots through Taylor’s sliding glass door and bedroom window to “defend and save the lives of his fellow officers.”

No long rifle was found in the apartment, only Walker’s handgun.

During opening statements, prosecutors emphasized to jurors that the case is not about the killing of Taylor or police decisions that led to the raid. They said the focus should be on Hankison’s shots and the harm they caused.

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