So, DV situation where parent barricades in a home with a child?
What do you do? Send in a social worker?
There are valid but exceedingly rare circumstances where no knocks are absolutely necessary. The key to fixing the problem is limiting the circumstances they are issued under, and addressing how they are executed.
And if you're a known felon, who has the pertinacity to shoot at cops, shouldn't they be allowed to blow the door off, and take them before they get shot at? I'd much rather have that, than 12ga shots coming through the front door, as the police politely knock.
Perhaps they should and currently they are allowed to, however, the police widely abuse the system and always claim that the requirements for a no-knock warrant are met so that basically all warrants issued no-knock. They abused the procedure and have hurt many innocent people so now they should have it taken away.
I think he is wrong. If there is no one assumed to be in immediate need of rescue inside, there is never a reason for the police to "have to get in there right now." Knock, or call, or announce from across the street on a megaphone.
No-knocks put police officers at MORE risk, in my opinion. It sure as hell would at my house.
When I went through the academy back in the 1980s, they used these raids only when they knew that they were arresting a violent felon and they knew that the felon was in the home. They always hoped to get lucky and catch the guy taking a shit, because they never put up a fight when caught pants down on the toilet.
The way these raids are used now is unacceptable and lead to innocent people getting killed.
Bongino strongly disagrees, arguing it protects officers and helps nab violent criminals.
It is absolutely abused, IMO. Look what happened to Roger Stone.
and the shortest, depending when they were born.
So, DV situation where parent barricades in a home with a child?
What do you do? Send in a social worker?
There are valid but exceedingly rare circumstances where no knocks are absolutely necessary. The key to fixing the problem is limiting the circumstances they are issued under, and addressing how they are executed.
Everyone has the worst day of their life in that situation.
And if you're a known felon, who has the pertinacity to shoot at cops, shouldn't they be allowed to blow the door off, and take them before they get shot at? I'd much rather have that, than 12ga shots coming through the front door, as the police politely knock.
Perhaps they should and currently they are allowed to, however, the police widely abuse the system and always claim that the requirements for a no-knock warrant are met so that basically all warrants issued no-knock. They abused the procedure and have hurt many innocent people so now they should have it taken away.
This is the same argument for defunding police.
If you're a known felon with a tendency to shoot at cops, you should have been executed or lifetime incarcerated a long time ago.
I think he is wrong. If there is no one assumed to be in immediate need of rescue inside, there is never a reason for the police to "have to get in there right now." Knock, or call, or announce from across the street on a megaphone.
No-knocks put police officers at MORE risk, in my opinion. It sure as hell would at my house.
When I went through the academy back in the 1980s, they used these raids only when they knew that they were arresting a violent felon and they knew that the felon was in the home. They always hoped to get lucky and catch the guy taking a shit, because they never put up a fight when caught pants down on the toilet.
The way these raids are used now is unacceptable and lead to innocent people getting killed.
With all do respect to MrB, cops jobs just got harder, but the difficulty protects the innocent.
Being a cop is a dangerous job. Don't sign up if you don't want to be shot at.