No-knock warrants in Minnesota decrease in first year with new legislation

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A new report on no-knock warrants in Minnesota shows 79 percent decrease in their use in the first full year since state legislators passed restrictions on the controversial law enforcement practice. There were 18 no-knock warrants issued last year. In 2023, that number was 84. And the year before that it was 179. The change to state law followed the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Amir Locke during a no-knock raid in 2022, in which he was not a suspect.

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