One Year After Breonna Taylor’s Murder, the Ugly Legacy of the No-Knock Warrant Remains

Photograph of Breonna Taylor months before her murder

On March 13, 2020, The Louisville Metro Police Department was given permission to search Breonna Taylor’s house through a no-knock search warrant. They used a battering ram to enter her house.  Upon their entrance, Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, thought that the officers were intruders and fired his gun. In response, the police blindly fired several […]