Political Editors: RCI: Federal Bureaucrats Packing Heat
Executive agencies are broadly empowered to effectively create their own laws and go out and enforce them with armed federal agents.
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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.