courier journal: “Former Louisville Metro Police Detective Brett Hankison testified Thursday in his federal civil rights trial, saying he feared for fellow officers’ lives and was trying to survive when he fired 10 rounds into Breonna Taylor’s apartment.
“It’s hard for me to explain the feeling of helplessness I had,” Hankison said, narrating how he stood outside Taylor’s apartment after the gunfire had ceased and kept a careful eye out for the shooter.
Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency room technician, had been inside her South End apartment when she was fatally shot by plainclothes officers attempting to serve a search warrant at 12:40 a.m. March 13, 2020, as a part of a botched narcotics investigation.”