Minneapolis Bans Police Use of No-Knock Warrants
After the tragic shooting of Amir Locke, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has made changes to the controversial practice. But are they enough?
After the tragic shooting of Amir Locke, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has made changes to the controversial practice. But are they enough?
That perplexing situation underlines the hazards of police tactics that aim to prevent violence but often have the opposite effect.
The Pensacola Police Department has launched an internal investigation into how a 1-year-old boy was injured in police custody following the pre-dawn raid.
Banning "no-knock" search warrants is not enough to prevent lethal confrontations between cops and people exercising the right to armed self-defense.
The 22-year-old man was shot by a Minneapolis police officer during the execution of a no-knock warrant on which he was not named.
A federal court wasn't having it.
Some are using Kyle Rittenhouse's acquittal to argue for harsher laws and punishments. Andrew Coffee IV's case is a study in why that's an awful idea.
There will be no justice for Onree Norris.
"I've lost everything," says Vicki Baker.
A report cites his "anti-government," "anti-police" ideology as an impetus for the fatal no-knock raid.
The case for legally constraining what police departments can do with robots.
Nor did the suspect live at the residence.
It's been nearly four months since a Maryland SWAT team killed Duncan Lemp, and there's been no transparency.
And no, it wasn't the shoplifter's home.
Montgomery County police say Duncan Lemp "confronted" a SWAT team executing a search warrant on his family's house. His family says he was shot in bed.
A group of homeless mothers moved into an Oakland, California, home they didn't own.
Are there any limits to what police can do in pursuit of a suspect? The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals apparently doesn't think so.
Bad science and panics by those who want to escalate the opioid drug war.
The Illinois boy now suffers from severe PTSD and will walk with a limp for the rest of his life, the lawsuit says.
"My son with autism was forced out of the home with military-style rifles aimed at him and made to sit on the cold, wet ground for over an hour."
Police, however, still shift away responsibility for killing unarmed, innocent Wichita man.
Filing false police reports isn't funny. It can get people killed.
It's considered "reasonable" for police to kill based on false information.
Unless crafted carefully, the proposal could set up more standoffs between armed citizens and police.
Don't ignore the roles militarization and trigger-happy law enforcement tactics play.
Germany violently enforces the law by busting into dozens of households to prevent a "climate of fear".
(And they still didn't catch the culprit.)
You'd think Lake County must be some sort of trafficking hotbed. It's not.
2015 militarized raid resulted in "fifth-degree drug possession." That's the lowest drug charge possible.
The cops were looking for a meth dealer who had not lived there for at least a year.
Two grams of marijuana reportedly recovered.
Donnell Thompson, a 27-year old black man, suffered from mental disabilities. He wasn't armed and had not committed a crime.
Austin police take stupid risks and blame the victim.
The parents of a boy who was nearly killed by a flashbang grenade settle the last of their legal claims.
Nikki Autry claimed she lied on a search warrant affidavit by mistake.
Judge Richard Posner compares police action to Keystone Kops.
A cop's indictment casts light on a drug raid that nearly killed a toddler.
A federal indictment reopens questions about a raid that critically injured a toddler.
Bou Bou Phonesavanh may get some justice after all.