Justice Department Bans Chokeholds and Restricts No-Knock Entries for Federal Agents by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”)—parent agency of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Drug Enforcement Administration; the U.S. Marshals Service; and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives—announced on September 14, …

Civil Rights Investigation Sought Over “No-Knock” Raid On Wrong Michigan Home by A Michigan family terrorized by state police raiding their Flint home to erroneously execute a “no-knock” warrant requested a federal civil rights investigation on June 7, 2021, according to a report by MLive. After the raid on April …

No-Knock Warrants Leave Trail of Terror, Property Damage, and Deaths by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As protests spread across the U.S. after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police in May 2020, another police killing two months earlier in Kentucky gained notoriety – that …

Unrest After Kentucky Cops Shoot Sleeping Black Woman to Death in Her Bed While Serving No-Knock Warrant by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Calling for “justice for Breonna,” a recent vigil in Louisville and demonstrations across the country have focused on the young unarmed Black woman fatally shot by police …

‘No-Knock Raids’ an Increasing Danger to Public Safety by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Julian Betton was in his home minding his own business when the police crashed through his front door. The cops entered without knocking or identifying themselves as law enforcement, and Betton reacted as any citizen would …