A few more notes about the sentencing Monday for Brett Hankison. Besides not providing the judge with victim impact statements from Breonna Taylor's family, the DOJ left out information in Hankison's pre-sentencing memorandum, according to the judge.
For example, the DOJ did not include Hankison working off duty as security at The Tin Roof as part of his job history. One woman filed a lawsuit claiming Hankison is a “sexual predator” who used security jobs to “prey on innocent women,” including her.
While this lawsuit was dismissed because the statue of limitations had run out before it was filed, the judge said it and other lawsuits as well as his behavior while an officer should have been included. "All of this should have been reported," she said.
Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings said that while numerous commendations were included in his pre-sentencing report, complaints and disciplinary issues were left out. "I'm not sure why they weren't reported in the first place," she said.
Hankison was on the police merit board for years, determining whether other officers punishment by LMPD was fair. He was lauded for that yesterday. But he had issues while on the board that also were not mentioned.
The judge ordered that the lawsuits and issues while working with LMPD should be filed under seal and considered in the sentencing guidelines if there is an appeal. DOJ prosecutors did not react to or defend themsevles from any of the criticism by the judge.
For those wondering, there's been no movement since February in the cases against former LMPD officers Josh Jaynes & Kyle Meany, who are accused of providing and lying about false information in a search warrant used by police to burst into Taylor's house.
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