A string of avoidable tragedies that have raised tensions between police and the Black community has persuaded lawmakers in several states that the no-knock warrant, a police tactic that grew increasingly common during the darkest days of the war on drugs, needs to be retired.
Legislators in Colorado, Minnesota and New Hampshire have all advanced bills this year restricting or limiting no-knock warrants — something that gives the police the authority to execute a warrant without announcing their presence or presenting the presumed suspect with a warrant before a search is conducted.
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