
Minneapolis City Council to review no-knock warrants in the wake of Amir Locke's killing
CNN
With Minneapolis' mayor imposing what he described as a moratorium on no-knock warrants following the fatal police shooting of Amir Locke, a City Council committee Monday will review the practice, which was supposedly all but banned in 2020.
The Minneapolis City Council's policy and government oversight committee is slated to hear from academics and civil rights attorneycs -- including Ben Crump, counsel for many families whose loved ones were killed by police -- who will present "research pertaining to police procedures and no-knock warrants," a news release said.

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