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No-knock warrants permit officers to serve a warrant without knocking or announcing themselves, and are typically used in drug raids so contraband can't be hidden.
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Emotions ran high outside the federal courthouse Monday as former Louisville Metro Police officer Brett Hankison was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for violating civil rights during the deadly Breonna Taylor raid.
The U.S. Department of Justice recommended Hankison avoid prison and instead be placed on supervised release.
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Defense attorneys have asked for Taylor's cell phone saying it could “correct the record” on whether Taylor was involved in selling drugs or holding money for dealers, in particular a former boyfriend.
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Tuesday marks 4 years since protests sparked by police killing of Breonna Taylor began in Louisville
A group of protesters returned to Jefferson Square Park in downtown Louisville Tuesday evening, and said they don't feel justice has been served in Taylor's death.
Hankison's defense attorney said he was trying to protect his fellow officers from an "execution."
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Jury selection began Monday morning in the federal trial of a former Louisville police officer charged with civil rights violations in connection to the raid that ended in Breonna Taylor's death.
Four former and current Louisville Metro Police officers were charged Thursday with federal crimes in connection with the fatal raid on Breonna Taylor’s home in 2020.
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A change of venue motion says “it’s entirely possible potential jurors are fatigued by the entire Breonna Taylor tragedy."
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Tamika Palmer, Taylor's mother, said the goal of the meeting was to get an update on where the federal civil rights investigation stands into the shooting that killed her daughter but that she is no closer to finding the answers she seeks.