Former Louisville Metro Police officer Brett Hankison pleaded not guilty on Monday to three counts of wanton endangerment in his initial court appearance related to the botched raid that led to the death of Breonna Taylor.
Hankison is one of three officers who fired into Taylor’s apartment in March, but he is the only one who was indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury last week. However, neither he nor the two other officers involved in the fatal police shooting were charged directly with Taylor’s death.
During the phone hearing on Monday, Hankison’s attorney Stew Mathews, said the former detective would be pleading not guilty to all three counts “because he is not guilty,” member station WFPL reported.
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