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Beyond no-knock warrants: Push in states to reform police tactics Updated Dec 17, 2020; Posted Dec 17, 2020 FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2020, file photo police and protesters converge during a demonstration in Louisville, Ky.AP Photo/John Minchillo, File Facebook Share PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After a year marked by police killings of Black men and women and mass civil unrest over racial injustice, some activists are taking aim at police tactics that can lead to deadly middle-of-the-night raids they say are used overwhelmingly in communities of color. Rather than waiting for direction from lawmak...

No-knock warrants the exception for Willmar PD, whose officers typically announce themselves No-knock warrants can be dangerous and Willmar Police Chief Jim Felt explained his department's use of them, which is infrequent. 5:22 am, Dec. 15, 2020 × Officers of the Willmar Police Department applied for and received a no-knock search warrant for a southwest Willmar duplex to investigate the possible kidnapping of a minor last month. The juvenile was safely located and an arrest was later made.Mark Wasson / West Central Tribune WILLMAR — The Willmar Police Department serv...