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No one on Pittsburgh City Council is opposed to enacting legislation to ban no-knock warrants in the city.
But council members Wednesday delayed passage of a proposed bill until it can iron out any legal issues with the law and meet with community members who are lobbying for it.
Bans on law enforcement agencies serving a warrant without announcing their presence have been lobbied for across the country since the March 26, 2020, shooting death of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky. Taylor was shot by plainclothes officers who entered her boyfriend’s apartment to serve a warrant that was part of a drug investigation.
law, jason johnson from hiram college and the author of rise of the warrior cop. one of the things we re happiest about is that the kind of heartbreak we ve experienced after ferguson and after eric garner in two cases where a grand jury refused to indict that it hasn t precipitated with the news cycle. we hope it sends a message of urgency. in terms of police shootings, you recently wrote that officials with the justice department keep no comprehensive database nor record of police shootings, instead lallowing th agencies to self-report officer-involved shootings.
of police militarization in the united states specifically the report looks at the way that s.w.a.t. teams are using the weapons of war. my next is the writer of that the washington post article. he s also written a book, rise of the warrior cop. after ten years of war in iraq and afghanistan, a lot of hardware is coming home. where it is ending up? a lot of it sending up at police departments across the country. we re not even talking about big city police departments. these mine resistant armored personnel carers designed to with stand blasts from ieds are ending up in places like the ohio state police department or tiny sheriff s department. this is stuff designed for use
that government branch records of our phone calls and e-mails know who we talked to and when i am not all that upset about it. i think my political enemies already spy on my calls and e-mails. it is a slippery slope. it could lead to terrible things. there are already things that by government does that upset me more. bradley balco rights about them in his new book the rise of the warrior cop. what do you mean warrior cop? they are armed like soldiers trained in timilitary tactics a equipment like humvee s. humvees, tanks, helicopters battle grade guns. for a long time they were reserved for emergency situations like fugitives or active shooter or hostage taking situation. you want to go in with a lot of power. you have lives at steak.
the mainstream media is covering obamacare. apparently it is getting criticism from both the left and the right. we ll look at that. a new book says america s police departments are becoming more like the military and consequently trampling on civil liberties. the author of the new book, the rise of warrior cop. a former member of an elite s.w.a.t. team for a fair and balanced book. bill: we ll see you then, jenna. doing your nails got harder. why in one store you have to show i.d. to buy nail polish remover. why would that be? we ll explain.