BREAKING: Brett Hankison, the only cop to face charges in the wake of Breonna Taylor’s death, was found not guilty of endangering Taylor’s neighbors, ending the prospect of any officers being held criminally liable for the botched 2020 raid.
Hankison’s lawyer, Stew Mathews, told a very different tale in court, saying his client was only trying to protect the lives of his fellow cops, likening Hankison to the first responders in New York City who worked selflessly to save those trapped inside the Twin Towers on 9/11.On the stand, an emotional Hankison insisted he was not to blame.
Jonathan Mattingly, a LMPD supervisor on the raid team, had been shot by Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, who had a permit to legally carry a handgun, according to his family. Thinking he and Taylor were the targets of an attack as police broke down the door, Walker, who was jarred awake by the commotion, called 911 and fired one shot that hit Mattingly in the leg.
According to Hankison’s testimony, he had helped execute some 1,000 search warrants during his 20-year career but the Taylor raid was the first time he ever fired his gun while on duty. He was assisting the two others as a K9 handler, and claimed not to have seen any floor plans or pictures of Taylor’s apartment prior to the raid.
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