Limiting no-knock warrants is not enough. The Breonna Taylor tragedy leaves no doubt.
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Opinion: Police have had decades to use no-knock warrants safely, and they’ve failed too often. Weak changes only masquerade as real protection.
Long before Breonna Taylor’s death in a botched drug raid last year ignited a national debate over the deadly practice of using no-knock warrants, plenty of innocent people had already been killed during these reckless police maneuvers.
No-knock warrants, which allow police to break down doors without knocking or identifying themselves, are especially dangerous to civilians: At least 31 were killed from 2010 through 2016. But they also can be deadly for police, eight of whom were killed during the same period.
Breonna Taylor death shows why limiting no-knock warrants isn t enough
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