Justice Dept to scale back choke holds and no knock warrants
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The Justice Department on Tuesday said it was curtailing the FBI and other federal law enforcement agencies from using chokeholds to restrain suspects or executing no-knock warrants at peoples' homes before entering.
"Building trust and confidence between law enforcement and the public we serve is central to our mission at the Justice Department," Attorney General Merrick Garland said.
"The limitations implemented today on the use of 'chokeholds,' 'carotid restraints' and 'no-knock' warrants, combined with our recent expansion of body-worn cameras to DOJ’s federal agents, are among the important steps the department is taking to improve law enforcement safety and accountability."
Police tactics involving the use of chokeholds or "carotid restraints" and no-knock warrants have both become flash points across the country amid calls for reforms to address systematic racism in policing against the Black community.
In June, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22½ years in prison, for killing George Floyd by kneeling on his neck. The chilling murder was caught on video, as Floyd repeatedly cried out "I can't breathe."
Meanwhile in Louisville, Kentucky, police shot and killed Breonna Taylor after executing a no-knock warrant.
Under the department's new policy, chokeholds will be prohibited by federal law enforcement unless deadly force is authorized.
The use of no-knock warrants will also be scaled back, and in cases where they are needed, federal agents will be required to seek approval from senior department officials before using the tactic.
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Joe
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No choke holds? Fine. Shoot 'em in the head. How many folks (regardless of race!) have the police accidentally killed using a choke hold?
Once again what they are doing has nothing to do with any of the mentioned cases.
Floyd died of a heart attack brought on by years of abusing drugs, and was not a case of a carotid restraint. I personally put at least 50 people out correctly using the carotid restraint. Kneeling on someone's neck is not a carotid restraint, it is just lazy police work/bad prisoner handling.
Breonna Taylor no-knock warrant was signed off by a judge. Does the judge have any responsibility or was he/she lied to?
In my experience no-knocks are really hard to get. But again lazy police work for not knowing who was in the residence.
Margaret Thatcher
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Mark Twain
Due to the previous crisis I authorize a no choke policy for barrels in the riot guns. Knock Knock Jokes will be allowed upon entering premises .
Knock Knock
Who's There?
Warrant.
Warrant who?
Warrant you the same Guy I arrested last week?
No knock warrants are being abused and need reviewed. It was a no knock warrant raid that dropped a flash grenade in the crib(play pin being used as a crib) with an infant in Georgia. Of course the officer claimed they had no idea kids where in the house. In the Louisville case several no knock warrants where issued that day for that case, every warrant had the same wording and was rubber stamped through by LE and the judge involved, neither did their job right.
Jack booted thugs are thugs no matter what the political climate happens to be. A few years ago on this forum we were all over federal agents abusing their power now it seems police can do no wrong. Talk about swinging in the wind. As for articles being written today they often put agenda driven non relevant information in the article rather than just report the news involved. Makes you wonder what the purpose of the article is.
The DOJ needs to expunge the politically corrupt hierarchy and partisan hacks and Merrick Garland should be the first to go. The rest of the problems are minor and will right themselves following the cleansing.
I have a very good fiend that is retired FBI. In conversations his feeling is politics are entering into there fray. AND he also believes local police need a better manner in vetting potential officers.