Why it matters: Brett Hankison, who is white, became the first Louisville police officer on Friday convicted in the deadly raid that was a flash point in the Black Lives Matter movement.

The big picture: Hankison, 48, now faces a maximum of life in prison.

Caveat: None of the shots Hankison fired hit Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency room technician.

Zoom in: Taylor's mother, Tamika Palmer, celebrated the verdict with friends outside the federal courthouse.

Context: The U.S. Justice Department said Hankison and other Louisville police officers broke into Taylor's home with a falsified "no-knock" search warrant as part of a drug investigation.

Federal prosecutors accused Hankison of violating Taylor's civil rights by firing his weapon into her apartment through a covered window and covered glass door and using excessive force.

Zoom out: Hankison was the only officer to face state charges but was one of four police officers indicted by the Department of Justice following its two-year investigation into Taylor's death.

Between the lines: The lack of initial charges in Taylor's killing highlighted the absence of accountability officers face for misconduct and excessive force, driving the national push for massive police reform.

What we're watching: Federal legislation around police reform remains stalled in a divided Congress, but state reforms in recent months have allowed some courts to convict officers for misconduct, a phenomenon that used to be extremely rare.

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