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Maine moving to curtail no knock warrants used by police

Maine moving to curtail no knock warrants used by police Share Updated: 5:59 PM EDT May 12, 2021 Share Updated: 5:59 PM EDT May 12, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript BUT THERE ARE STILL áMAJOR DIFFERENCES. THE MAINE LEGISLATURE IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO áLIMITING NO- KNOCK WARRANTS. A BIPARTISAN COMPROMISE WAS APPROVED IN COMMITTEE TODAY. IT LIMITS THEM TO SITUATIONS WHERE POLICE MIGHT BE IN DANGER IF THEY ANNOUNCE THEMSELVES. OFFICERS WOULD NEED TO WEAR A UNIFORM AND TURN ON BODY CAMS IF THEIR DEPARTMENT REQUIRES IT. SHERIFFS AND STATE POLICE SUPPORT THE BILL - INCLUDING ITS DEFINITION OF A REGULAR WARRANT AS A NO- KNOCK WARRANT IF POLICE HAVE A REASON áNOT TO WAIT 20-SECONDS AFTER ANNOUNCING THEMSELVES. WE GO TO A RESIDENCE, MAYBE KNOCK AND ANNOUNCE, BUT SOMETHING COMES TO OUR ATTENTION THAT CREATES AN EMERGENCY. IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING LIKE THE RACK OF A SHOTGUN, OR WE MIGHT HEAR SOMEONE ACKNOWLEDGE, OH, CRAP,

Maine may restrict police use of no-knock warrants amid national backlash

Maine may restrict police use of no-knock warrants amid national backlash Legislators on Monday will wade through three competing bills that would curtail or eliminate the use of no-knock search warrants in the state. Share A legislative committee could vote Monday on three proposals to end or sharply curtail the use of no-knock search warrants by Maine police. The proposals are part of a nationwide response to the March 2020 killing of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman who was asleep in her Louisville, Kentucky, apartment when drug officers executed a no-knock search warrant connected to her ex-boyfriend, but the officers ended up shooting and killing her instead.

Maine may restrict police use of no-knock warrants amid national backlash

Maine may restrict police use of no-knock warrants amid national backlash
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