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MN: Minneapolis Bans Police Use of No-Knock Warrants
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Mark A. Taff
Website: http://www.marktaff.com
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The policy mandates that police knock and wait for at least 20 seconds before entering. For warrants served between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m., the waiting period extends to 30 seconds. The new policy has exceptions for "exigent circumstances," a list that includes stopping a suspect from attempting an escape or from harming themselves or someone else, as well as the need to prevent the destruction of narcotics.
The policy also classifies search warrants into low-, medium-, or high-risk categories. Officers are not allowed to use forced entry for low-risk warrants unless exigent circumstances arise. |
| Comment by:
repealfederalgunlaws
(4/9/2022)
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| Good start now end the unconstitutional drug war. The stupid exception for narcotics, allowing military style violent invasion, needs to end. |
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