LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Former Louisville Metro Police officer Brett Hankison is scheduled to be back in court, Tuesday, Oct.15—less than a year after a mistrial was declared in his trial on federal civil rights violations.

What You Need To Know

  • Federal prosecutors will retry former Louisville officer Brett Hankison for his involvement in the Breonna Taylor raid

  • A jury previously deadlocked over charges that Hankison used excessive force in the incident, resulting in a mistrial 

  • Hankison fired 10 shots but did not strike anyone 

  • Taylor was killed by police in 2020 

Hankison is being retried for his role in the raid that left Breonna Taylor dead in 2020.

The Department of Justice filed the original charges against Hankison in 2022 after he was acquitted on charges of wanton endangerment for firing shots into a neighboring apartment during the 2020 raid.

The retrial comes just weeks after federal prosecutors filed new charges against former LMPD officers, Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany. Both men are accused of falsifying the warrant used in the rain.  

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