MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota legislators will soon debate banning no-knock warrants in most circumstances after last week's Minneapolis raid that resulted in the police shooting death of Amir Locke.
Gov. Tim Walz, of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, has said that he would sign a bill banning the practice if one reached his desk this session, which would dramatically expand on new regulations that became law last year.
"When we look at the moment that we are in right now and the way no-knock warrants were used in this situation with Amir Locke, we recognize that nine seconds is not enough time for anybody to properly respond in the way law enforcement would like them to," said state Rep. Athena Hollins, a St. Paul Democrat who plans to introduce the new prohibition bill. "That's how much time he got between them opening the door and shooting."
