police can enter a private property without first alerting those inside. hence, the name no knock. they're commonly used for drug busts so that suspects can potentially avoid hiding evidence. but the no knock warrant police had that day was for a homicide investigation, not a drug bust. and amir locke's name was actually nowhere on that knock warrant, no knock warrant. in fact, it wasn't even his apartment. now, if this whole ordeal sounds familiar to you, that's because it is. no knock warrants came under intense criticism following the 2020 killing of breonna taylor during a no knock raid in louisville, kentucky. now following the fatale shooting of amir locke the mayor ordered an immediate halt to the tactic while they review and possibly revise the policy. the death comes at a time when a city of minneapolis is already on edge following the 2020