A federal jury on Friday acquitted a former Kentucky police officer of violating the civil rights of Breonna TaylorNeighbors in a deadly raid in 2020, but remained deadlocked on a second federal charge against Brett Hankison.

The jury decided to continue deliberating on the charge Friday night, the Associated Press reported, alleging Hankison violated Taylor’s civil rights. The jury has indicated to the judge in two separate messages that they are deadlocked on that matter, according to the Associated Press.

This is the second attempt to convict Hankison on two charges alleging that the shots he fired during the raid violated the civil rights of Taylor, 26, and her neighbors. Last year, a federal judge declared a mistrial after the jury could not reach a decision on charges against the former Louisville police detective.

During the retrial, prosecutors narrowed the scope; in it accusation, Hankison faced two civil rights charges alleging the former officer intentionally used excessive and unconstitutional force while acting in his official capacity. The first charge says the officer deprived Taylor and her boyfriend of their constitutional rights by shooting through a bedroom window that was covered with blinds and a blackout curtain. At the retrial, Kenneth Walker, the boyfriend, was removed from the prosecution and was not called to testify. reported The Louisville Courier.

The second charge, which remained the same, said Hankison deprived three of Taylor’s neighbors of their constitutional rights by shooting through a sliding glass door covered by blinds and a curtain.

Both alleged charges Hankison used a dangerous weapon and his conduct indicated an intent to kill that night.

Seven officers entered Taylor’s apartment after midnight on March 13, 2020, using a “no-knock” warrant as part of a drug investigation. She was asleep with Walker, who heard the noise and fired a shot at what he thought were intruders. The police opened fire and Taylor, a paramedic, was shot and murdered. Police found no narcotics in the apartment.

Hankison fired 10 bullets, which investigators say hit no one, through a window and sliding glass door into Taylor’s apartment. Hankison said he thought he was doing the right thing by protecting his fellow officers.

He testified Monday that he believed a shooting was taking place and that his fellow officers were in danger, the Associated Press reported, quoting Hankison as saying it “sounded like a semi-automatic rifle making its way down the hallway and executing everyone in my (group).”

Hankison and his attorneys used this defense during his first federal trial and a 2022 state trial, for which he was acquitted of all charges after a jury deliberated for three hours.

“This case is about Brett Hankison’s 10 shots that never hit anyone,” his attorney, Don Malarcik, said during his closing arguments, the Associated Press reported. “Brett Hankison is accused of violating the constitutional rights of people he never met and never knew existed.”

The Department of Justice filed charges for civil rights violations against four former Louisville police officers, including Hankison. Charges against three of the other officers arose from allegedly falsifying the affidavit used to obtain the search warrant that authorized the morning raid on Taylor’s apartment, prosecutors said. federal prosecutors filed a substitute charge weeks later a federal judge dismissed felony charges against two of the former officers, Louisville Police Detective Joshua Jaynes and former Sgt. Bad Kyle.

If convicted of the federal charges, Hankison would face a maximum sentence of life in prison.

In response to the Taylor, Kentucky case enacted a law In 2021 that limits when police can use no-contact warrants.

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