Federal prosecutor Michael Songer told U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings Friday that two prior incidents when Hankison was a police officer in 2016 and 2017 show “similar intent” as his actions in the Taylor raid and “compelling evidence” that his motive as an officer was to “punish” suspects.

Prosecutors argue someone in law enforcement had attempted “unsuccessfully to open (Taylor’s) iPhone by entering the wrong password repeatedly" and the FBI was unable to extract any data from the phone. 

Frank Serapiglia was in his kitchen drinking coffee and reading the news early in the morning on Sept. 18, 2019, when he heard yelling and noticed several police officers outside his home with guns drawn, according to the lawsuit.

The federal investigation into the Louisville Metro Police Department cites 63 different incidents of alleged misconduct.

Katie Crews could have been sentenced to a year behind bars for shooting pepper balls at McAtee's niece, Machelle McAtee, on June 1, 2020, striking her once in the shoulder, as the woman was standing on private property and not a threat to officers.

Darrell Taylor was facing a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison after a federal jury convicted him in October on one count of deprivation of rights under color of law.