Louisville Metro Police Officer Robinson Desroches has filed a lawsuit claiming he was discriminated against after expressing his belief that the department lied to the public about Taylor’s death.

The jury — made up of six women and six men, one of whom is Black — are deadlocked on the other charge, whether Taylor's civil rights were violated the night other officers shot and killed her while serving a warrant at her home. 

"Even when officers face the most serious threats, they can’t fire their weapon unless they know what they are shooting at."

Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings ruled Thursday that prosecutors have not provided enough evidence to prove that the prior incidents occurred, that the actions were “substantially” similar to his criminal charges or that the force used in the incidents was excessive.

The so-called “superseding” indictments come a little more than a month after a judge's dismissal of the most serious charges against former Louisville Metro Police Detective Joshua Jaynes and Sgt. Kyle Meany.

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.

As part of his upcoming October trial, prosecutors have asked to present evidence of two past disciplinary cases against Hankison, including driving the wrong way down Dixie Highway holding his gun out the window. 

The lawsuit accusing police of acting on stale information and without probable cause when they raided a home in July 2019 to serve a warrant on an alleged drug suspect has been settled for $180,000. 

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.