Ex-US policeman in Breonna Taylor killing sentenced to 33 months

Third day of protest over the lack of criminal charges in the police killing of Breonna Taylor. [AFP]

A US federal judge on Monday rejected an appeal for leniency by the Justice Department and sentenced an ex-police officer to 33 months in prison for violating the civil rights of a Black woman whose 2020 killing fuelled widespread protests.

Brett Hankison, a former Louisville police department detective, was convicted by a jury in Kentucky in November of one count of abusing Breonna Taylor's civil rights for shots fired during a botched police raid on her home.