The legislation would ban New Hampshire law enforcement officers from seeking, executing, or participating in “no-knock” warrant.
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While the passage of H3495 would not end federal militarization of police in South Carolina, it would prohibit police from acquiring some of the most powerful weapons and equipment from the feds, and it would set the stage for further limits in the future.
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After initially approving a new plan to allow police robots to be armed with lethal force, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors faced such a severe public backlash that they actually reversed course and banned the practice, at least for now. But the plan only came to light due to a 10th Amendment law passed in 2021 addressing the unconstitutional federal militarization of local police.
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The legislation would ban Texas judges from issuing warrants allowing “no-knock” entry. The bill defines “no-knock entry” as “a peace officer’s entry, for the purpose of executing a warrant, into a building or other place without giving notice of the officer’s authority or purpose before entering.”
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While federal agencies have increasingly become a de facto standing army, a number of federal programs have been doing the same with local police for decades.
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DNA technology in the hands of government officials will complete our transition to a Surveillance State in which prison walls are disguised within the seemingly benevolent trappings of technological and scientific progress, national security and the need to guard against terrorists, pandemics, civil unrest, etc.
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With these recent SCOTUS decisions (or non-decisions) the Court has now created nearly impenetrable absolute immunity for federal agents. It's probably only a matter of time before we see similar immunity afforded state and local cops.
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The capitulation by the city council reveals the power of the national surveillance state and how local law enforcement feeds into it.
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Under the new policy, "No police officer, or any public safety official acting under the authority of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, shall seek, execute, or participate in the execution of a no-knock search warrant at any location within the boundaries of the City of St. Louis, Missouri." The order also prohibits St. Louis police from asking law enforcement agents outside of the city to execute no-knock warrants on their behalf.
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Passing laws to limit government surveillance is an important first step, but activism can't end there. Law enforcement agencies have to be monitored and people must take action to ensure such laws are enforced.
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