Community members have mixed feelings after Hankison sentenced in Breonna Taylor case Mixed reaction came from people who believe that while 33 months wasn’t long enough, it’s still justice.

OUR CITY AND ENTIRE COUNTRY. AS THE FOUR HOUR SENTENCING WAS UNDERWAY, DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY AND WAIT FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT. WLKY’S NORMAN SEAWRIGHT WAS THERE IN THE CROWD. NORMAN WHAT WAS IT LIKE? RICK. IT WAS A MIX OF EMOTIONS OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM. PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY. BETWEEN ANXIETY, FRUSTRATION AND HOPE. BEFORE THE SENTENCING AND AFTER THE SENTENCING, THERE WAS ANOTHER MIX OF FEELINGS. WHILE SOME BELIEVE THAT 33 MONTHS ISN’T LONG ENOUGH, THEY ALSO SAY THAT GETTING MORE THAN THE ONE DAY THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RECOMMENDED AND ASKED FOR IS IN ITSELF A SEMBLANCE OF JUSTICE. I FEEL VICTORIOUS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE FEEL DISAPPOINTED. BISHOP DENNIS LYONS SUMS UP A LOT OF WHAT OTHERS WERE THINKING. LIKE ANTONIO BROWN AND BRUCE SWEENEY, WHO WERE DEMONSTRATING OUTSIDE THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE WHERE FORMER LAPD OFFICER BRETT HANKISON WAS SENTENCED TO 33 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR VIOLATING BREONNA TAYLOR’S CIVIL RIGHTS THE NIGHT SHE DIED. PREPARE FOR THEM TO LET HIM GO. PREPARE FOR ONE DAY, BUT HOPE FOR THE BEST THAT HE WILL GET SOME TIME. I’M THANKFUL BECAUSE 33 MONTHS IS BETTER THAN NOTHING THEY WANTED TO GIVE HIM ONE DAY. I’M FEELING KIND OF DISGUSTED. I REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. EARLIER IN THE DAY, PROTESTERS MADE THEMSELVES HEARD. SOME STARTED BLOCKING TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF THE COURTHOUSE. YOU CAN SEE ONE EVEN HITTING SOME OF THE CARS TRYING TO DRIVE AROUND. LMPD ARRESTED FOUR PEOPLE, INCLUDING BIANCA AUSTIN. THAT’S BREONNA TAYLOR’S AUNT. IT MAKES ME FEEL UPSET BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I LEFT MY FRIENDS BEHIND. ERICA WALTON SAYS THE IMPACT OF WHAT HAPPENED TO BREONNA TAYLOR HAS NOT LEFT THIS COMMUNITY. THERE, TRAUMATIZED, STILL EMOTIONALLY. SO LIKE EVERYBODY, THE FAMILY, THE COMMUNITY, PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE BREONNA, PEOPLE WHO YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? LIKE, THERE’S PEOPLE OUT HERE THAT ARE WHITE SKINNED WHO ARE LIKE, IF IT COULD HAVE BEEN HER, IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME. BUT BISHOP LYONS SAYS THERE WAS A MEASURE OF JUSTICE THAT WAS SERVED. AND HE BELIEVES HANKINSON’S SENTENCE SENT A MESSAGE. WHAT HAPPENED TO BREONNA TAYLOR AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THIS NATION WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. AND POLICE NOW WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THOSE FOUR DEMONSTRATORS WHO WERE ARRESTED WERE ALL CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND OBSTRUCTING A HIGHWAY. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT WAS RELATIVELY PEACEFUL OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE. THERE WERE NO OTHER INCIDENTS. LMPD D