Five things to know about no-knock warrants and Breonna Taylor’s death

Published June 13, 2020 3:44pm ET



It’s the middle of the night. Two armed men kick open the door into the house and rush inside without saying a word. It could be criminals looking to ransack one’s home. Or it could be the police acting on a no-knock search warrant.

Civil liberties activists have condemned no-knock search warrants for years, but the March death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old black woman killed in her home by officers, has ignited a new push to get rid of them.

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