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This article says that "A group of (Georgia) lawmakers wants to make it harder for police to use "no-knock" warrants in the wake of a shootout that left an elderly woman dead after plainclothes officers stormed her home unannounced in a search for drugs."
This is something that all states should consider and pass. Previously I have linked to a map that showed the occurances of deaths due to "no-knock" warrants. Entirely too many police and civilians have been killed or wounded because of "no-knock" warrants.
In a different article, I have read that Mrs. Johnston, who was 92 year old, was fearful of home invasion. What she did is what most any law abiding citizen would do if three unknown men in street clothes kicked down their front door. I know that if someone kicks in my front door, they can expect that kind of response. I have nothing to hide, just as subsequent police investigations proved that Mrs. Johnston had nothing to hide. I am sure that if the police had knocked on her door, identified themselves as police and showed her a search warrant, she would have welcomed them.
"No-knock" warrants are a failed product of the failed war on drugs. How many innocent people must die before we correct this failure?
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