Article 5FTD9 'Breonna’s Law' bans on no-knock warrants are growing – but they're just one step

'Breonna’s Law' bans on no-knock warrants are growing – but they're just one step

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PR Lockhart
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A year after Breonna Taylor was fatally shot when police entered her home with a no-knock warrant, experts and activists push for more accountability

In the months after police officers in Louisville, Kentucky, burst into the home of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor, killing her as they conducted a botched narcotics raid, Lashrecse Aird knew that she wanted to take action.

I've witnessed first-hand officers showing up at a home or family members being arrested," she said. As a mother, and as a Black woman only a few years older than Taylor, the death of the young medical worker felt deeply personal".

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