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Louisville Metro Police Department executed a warrantless raid, three weeks after Breonna's Law was passed.

The death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police's Scorpion unit has renewed scrutiny on other elite "street crime" squads around the country.

When Congress authorized $80 billion this year to beef up Internal Revenue Service enforcement and staffing, Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy warned that “Democrats’ new army of [...]

When Congress authorized $80 billion this year to beef up Internal Revenue Service enforcement and staffing, Republican House ...

Over 200,000 federal bureaucrats have been granted authority to carry guns and make arrests, Open the Books finds.

Executive agencies are broadly empowered to effectively create their own laws and go out and enforce them with armed federal agents.

By Mark Hemingway, RealClearInvestigationsOctober 6, 2022

"...It's hard to imagine any legitimate reason for this long of a delay in investigating this."

Police requests for no-knock warrants are rarely questioned by judges who are supposed to review the applications to ensure protection from unreasonable searches, according to an investigation by the Washington Post.

The dangerous tactic has grown as judges routinely authorize requests for the raids, which police say can prevent violence and preserve evidence. Of the 22 people fatally shot during no-knock raids since 2015, 13 were Black or Hispanic.