“Time is a flat circle.” “There is nothing new under the sun.” “Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Whichever classic idiom you prefer, the message is all roughly the same: Some things just don’t change.
So it is in Minneapolis, where Mayor Jacob Frey (D) this week rolled out his ostensible ban on so-called “no knock” warrants, like the one that resulted in the police shooting of Amir Locke in early February. And if you’re getting a distinct feeling of deja vu, that’s because this is just the latest in a long history of Frey claiming he’s banned the widely criticized practice ... without actually doing so.
