The use of no-knock warrants by police has been brought to the forefront after a Louisville woman was killed by police in a raid.
The death of Breonna Taylor on March 13 has sparked days of demonstrations and protests in Louisville and elsewhere. The government committee in Louisville has recommended new restrictions on using the warrants, which allow officers to force entry into a residence without announcing themselves first.
Basically, no knock warrant should be reserved for only the apprehension of violent criminals who are on the lam, to prevent them from escaping back into society. They should never be used for simple drug possession, or trafficking after the charges have been trumped up. It simply isn’t worth breaking peoples doors down and then them trying to defend themselves from the intrusion and the police killing them all. Non-violent crimes like drugs etc. simply do not warrant that kind of risk which happens all too often.
As I remember, the psych journal reported on a no knock drug warrants that Pat Melton‘s office delivered to the wrong house, Were they broke down the door and toasty in the concussion grenade that landed in the children’s room, maybe even in the children’s bed! Does anybody else remember that? The police should never be involved in the drug war, as they simply are the wrong tool for the job. Drugs and drug addiction is a medical problem, not a legal one. The police have been co-opted end of this war, and they need to be taken back out of it, because they have no real training to deal with mental illness and self medication. The last thing we should do is put a drug addict in jail. Prison is never solved anybody’s drug issues, which really are just manifestations of their mental illness and depression. The drug use is simply a symptom of the problem, and if you ever talk to a police officer about that it’s pretty easy to tell that they don’t have a clue about this They just simply aren’t trained for that, yet we stick it with them anyway, that needs to change!
Note: There where are no drugs found in Breonna Taylor‘s apartment after police murdered her in her bed, shooting this unarmed young woman 8 times as she didn’t even have a chance to get up!
What is happened to Miss Taylor‘s boyfriend who was at the apartment when the police broke in? He said that he thought they were civilian intruders meaning to do them harm, when in fact it was plain clothes police intruders breaking down the door early that morning meaning to do them harm, so he shot at them! Is he still in jail after he was arrested for trying to defend themselves from the plain clothes cops! Why doesn’t the castle law on the books apply to this shooting as the police didn’t announce who they were and just busted in the door? Is that right? Heck no!
How did the Louisville cops get a warrant for Breonna Taylor‘s address when the guy that the warrant was for didn’t live there, and in fact already was in police custody?
Her family should sue the pants off of all parties who were involved in her death.
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Basically, no knock warrant should be reserved for only the apprehension of violent criminals who are on the lam, to prevent them from escaping back into society. They should never be used for simple drug possession, or trafficking after the charges have been trumped up. It simply isn’t worth breaking peoples doors down and then them trying to defend themselves from the intrusion and the police killing them all. Non-violent crimes like drugs etc. simply do not warrant that kind of risk which happens all too often.
As I remember, the psych journal reported on a no knock drug warrants that Pat Melton‘s office delivered to the wrong house, Were they broke down the door and toasty in the concussion grenade that landed in the children’s room, maybe even in the children’s bed! Does anybody else remember that? The police should never be involved in the drug war, as they simply are the wrong tool for the job. Drugs and drug addiction is a medical problem, not a legal one. The police have been co-opted end of this war, and they need to be taken back out of it, because they have no real training to deal with mental illness and self medication. The last thing we should do is put a drug addict in jail. Prison is never solved anybody’s drug issues, which really are just manifestations of their mental illness and depression. The drug use is simply a symptom of the problem, and if you ever talk to a police officer about that it’s pretty easy to tell that they don’t have a clue about this They just simply aren’t trained for that, yet we stick it with them anyway, that needs to change!
Note: There where are no drugs found in Breonna Taylor‘s apartment after police murdered her in her bed, shooting this unarmed young woman 8 times as she didn’t even have a chance to get up!
What is happened to Miss Taylor‘s boyfriend who was at the apartment when the police broke in? He said that he thought they were civilian intruders meaning to do them harm, when in fact it was plain clothes police intruders breaking down the door early that morning meaning to do them harm, so he shot at them! Is he still in jail after he was arrested for trying to defend themselves from the plain clothes cops! Why doesn’t the castle law on the books apply to this shooting as the police didn’t announce who they were and just busted in the door? Is that right? Heck no!
How did the Louisville cops get a warrant for Breonna Taylor‘s address when the guy that the warrant was for didn’t live there, and in fact already was in police custody?
Her family should sue the pants off of all parties who were involved in her death.
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Leeway will be given for criticism of elected officials and other public figures, but civility is essential. If you focus your criticism on ideas, opinions and viewpoints, you will be less likely to run afoul of our commenting rules.
Keep comments focused on the article or commentary in question. Don’t use an article about the Frankfort City Commission, for example, to rant about national politics.
Hyperpartisanship that suggests anyone on the other side of an issue or anyone in a particular particular party is evil is not welcome. If you believe that all Democrats are socialists intent on destroying America or that all Republicans are racists, there are lots of places on the internet for you to espouse those views. State-Journal.com is not one.
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