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Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY A Utah bill to limit “no-knock” warrants that allow police to force entry into people’s homes without warning faltered in a legislative committee on Friday, struggling to find enough traction to clear its first legislative hurdle.
No-knock warrants have received nationwide scrutiny since the high-profile death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman who was shot and killed after Louisville, Kentucky, police forced entry into her apartment during a botched raid.
Taylor’s death on March 13 along with George Floyd’s killing May 25 became a symbol for the nationwide movement calling for police reform and an end to racial injustice. In the wake of her killing, the Louisville Metro Council banned no-knock search warrants. So did the states of Virginia, Florida, Oregon, and at least 13 local governments or police departments.
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Junior Enrique Sanchez
SALT LAKE CITY Junior Enrique Sanchez was in grade school when he and one of his classmates were sent to the school’s office not because they were in trouble, but because they didn’t have the right shoes to run track.
As a son of two immigrant parents from Mexico, track shoes weren’t in his family’s budget.
Sanchez was 2 years old when his family moved to Utah, after his father spent five years working on California farms, commuting back and forth across the border. He moved his family to Park City, where he found a job in the restaurant industry and built a life there to raise his kids in one of Utah’s more privileged cities.