I'm with you on forfeiture, but these no-knock warrants go through the same process as a regular "knock and announce" warrants, but most additionally prove there is some danger to the police in knocking and announcing. In the case of Breonna Taylor and her narcotics ring, police knew the men involved were both violent armed felons. Although they received no-knock warrants for four properties involved in the narcotics ring, at Breonna's they chose to knock and announce. Police were fired on by one armed violent felon, through the door and police returned fire. Breonna was struck while she was in the hallway. Literally caught on the crossfire. Don't cry for her, she's dead because of her poor life choices.
Anyways, seems that a no-knock warrant was obtained, but that a no-knock raid was not performed, maybe everyone would still be alive if the raid had been planned differently, i.e. without knocking and announcing.
I'm with you on forfeiture, but these no-knock warrants go through the same process as a regular "knock and announce" warrants, but most additionally prove there is some danger to the police in knocking and announcing. In the case of Breonna Taylor and her narcotics ring, police knew the men involved were both violent armed felons. Although they received no-knock warrants for four properties involved in the narcotics ring, at Breonna's they chose to knock and announce. Police were fired on by one armed violent felon, through the door and police returned fire. Breonna was struck while she was in the hallway. Literally caught on the crossfire. Don't cry for her, she's dead because of her poor life choices.
Anyways, seems that a no-knock warrant was obtained, but that a no-knock raid was not performed, maybe everyone would still be alive if the raid had been planned differently, i.e. without knocking and announcing.
Civil forfeiture is just plain wrong.