Breonna Taylor case: Louisville police nearly blank incident report

Re:Breonna Taylor case: Louisville police nearly blank incid... by Mirioron on Thursday June 11, 2020 @07:39AM (#23487733)

Does identifying work though? What's stopping an intruder from doing that? I just don't see how no-knock warrants like this are supposed to work.

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Re:Breonna Taylor case: Louisville police nearly blank incid... by alistairSH on Thursday June 11, 2020 @10:23AM (#23489193)

I just don't see how no-knock warrants like this are supposed to work.

This IS how they work. The police kick down your door, sometimes lob in a few stun grenades, then charge in like they're Rambo. Violence is a feature, not a bug, of this system.

The reason no-knocks are used in drug cases is, ostensibly, to prevent destruction of evidence. But, police have come to rely on them (along with armored SWAT teams) for damn near ALL warrants, not just know violent drug offenders.

It's high time we banned no-knocks. It's high time we introduced a higher bar to arrest-via-home-invasion. It's high time we held judges accountable for signing warrants. And, probably biggest of all, high time to end the war on drugs as it currently exists.

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Re:Breonna Taylor case: Louisville police nearly blank incid... by masonic on Friday June 12, 2020 @06:24AM (#23497794)

Clinton's ATF actually sought a no-knock warrant for the original Waco raid, but the judge denied it because the evidence sought (illegal machine guns) can't be quickly destroyed.

They used no knock tactics anyway, including climbing into upstairs windows with assault weapons.

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Re:Breonna Taylor case: Louisville police nearly blank incid... by SauciestGNU on Thursday June 11, 2020 @08:07AM (#23487926)

I imagine if they retreat to cover that would allow for a large response by uniformed police in marked vehicles, at which point it would be more clear who they are.

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