Breonna Taylor’s Death Prompts Louisville to Ban No-Knock Warrants – Mother Jones
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About three months after police officers barged into Breonna Taylor’s home in Louisville, Kentucky, in the middle of the night and killed her, her town’s city council unanimously voted to ban police officers from using “no knock” warrants to enter apartments.
The vote on Thursday came after weeks of protests in Kentucky and around the country about police violence against Black people. Taylor, 26, was an EMT. In mid-March, police with a no-knock warrant used a battering ram to break into her apartment as part of a drug investigation, even though neither she nor her boyfriend had a criminal record for drugs or violence. Taylor’s boyfriend, thinking the intruders were burglars, shot at one officer’s leg. The officers responded with a barrage of bullets that struck Taylor eight times. No drugs were found on the premises.
No-knock warrants allow police to force their way into a home without knocking or announcing their presence. They are especially common in drug raids, because officers often argue that knocking might give a suspect time to destroy evidence or arm themselves. Officers who don’t get a no-knock warrant may try to obtain a “quick knock” warrant, which allows police to break into a home just seconds after knocking.
Une petite réforme de la #police.