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No-knock warrants allow law enforcement officers to enter a building without announcing their presence, a tactic critics say is dangerous and should be restricted.
The story of Breonna Taylor, a Kentucky woman who was shot and killed by police in her home last year, galvanized the nation and brought one particular law enforcement practice the use of no-knock warrants under scrutiny. No-knock warrants authorize police officers to enter a home without first knocking and announcing their presence.
For state Rep. LaKeshia Myers (D-Milwaukee), the first time she heard about no-knock warrants was in the wake of Taylor’s death.
According to CDC data from 2009 to 2019, Native people were 2.2 times more likely to be killed by police than white people and 1.2 times more likely than Black people.
How is defunding or abolishing the police different than reforming the police? WUWM delves into what some activists are asking for and where those movements stand in the city of Milwaukee.
Nate Hamilton, Dontre Hamilton’s older brother, has become an activist and community leader in Milwaukee, something he says he does to continue to protect his younger brother.