The Congressional Black Caucus is endorsing a invoice that will ban no-knock warrants nationwide. After the killing of Breonna Taylor in 2020, the state of Kentucky handed restrictions on no-knock warrants, but no measure has been handed on the federal stage.
What is the Justice for Breonna Taylor Act?
The invoice is being advocated by Congressman Morgan McGarvey, Senators Rand Paul and Cory Booker and Representatives Yvette D. Clarke and Jasmine Crockett. It was initially launched to Congress in 2024 and is now being pushed by members of the CBC.
The invoice would prohibit federal, state and native regulation enforcement from conducting no-knock warrants, which at present permits them to enter a property with out asserting their presence.
“The Congressional Black Caucus is asking on our colleagues to hitch our coalition and cross the Justice for Breonna Taylor Act to ban federal regulation enforcement and state and native police departments that obtain federal funding from executing these harmful no-knock warrants,” the CBC stated in a statement.
The invoice is impressed by Breonna Taylor, who died on March 13, 2020, after Louisville law enforcement officials entered her dwelling and fatally shot her. A warrant was wrongfully obtained and included deceptive statements, in keeping with The Grio. The incident helped spark the Black Lives Matter motion of 2020 on the time, which addressed violence performed by regulation enforcement towards Black folks.
“This tragedy ought to by no means have occurred, and Breonna Taylor ought to nonetheless be with us as we speak. We proceed to uplift the voice of her mom, Tamika Palmer, as she continues to battle for justice,” the CBC added. “What occurred to Breonna Taylor was a profound failure of our justice system — one which now we have an ethical accountability to appropriate. In the years since her homicide, the necessity to confront the problem of no-knock warrants has solely intensified.”
“No American ought to concern that at any second, regulation enforcement might enter their dwelling unannounced. And no dad or mum like Tamika Palmer needs to be pressured to endure the grief of dropping her little one to a system that failed her,” the assertion additionally learn.
Previous efforts to ban federal no-knock warrants have failed
No-knock warrants had been restricted in Kentucky, the place Taylor was killed, through a bipartisan invoice handed by Gov. Andy Beshear in 2021. No restrictions but exist on the federal stage, which is what the Justice for Breonna Taylor Act would change.
In 2021, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act was launched however stalled in Congress. This led to former President Joe Biden issuing an government order with a restricted scope that positioned restrictions on no-knock warrants for federal officers, in keeping with The Grio.
“No regulation can proper that flawed, however we are able to honor her reminiscence by combating for the justice she was by no means given,” McGarvey stated in an announcement, per TheGrio. “An homage to the heroic life Breonna lived as an EMT, this invoice will save numerous lives by banning the harmful and lethal use of no-knock warrants nationwide.”
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