The DOJ is recommending just one day in jail — time already served — for Brett Hankison, the only officer convicted in connection with the 2020 police raid that left Breonna Taylor dead. DOJ prosecutors acknowledge Hankison fired 10 rounds blindly into Taylor’s apartment, but cite provocation and his permanent removal from law enforcement as reasons for leniency.

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