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I have read back through the posts and see that I said the warrant was for the boyfriend but in reality was a warrant to search the property for drugs. I went by the most recent report on the ex boyfriend having a warrant but the first report I heard was the warrant was for a property search.

This is irrelevant and changes nothing. What must be stopped is the police using forcible entry to serve a warrant either by no knock, or with an announcement. In a nutshell we should never be breaking down doors of a home to serve a warrant for any reason. There is simply no compelling reason to put innocent lives at risk by conducting property searches in this manner. Police always cite possible destruction of evidence but with todays technology that is utter nonsense.

The police should be required to communicate with any occupants of the property that they are the police and they have a warrant to search. If they don't get an answer THEY WAIT, period. They wait until someone comes out or someone attempts to go in. Then they present the warrant. If that simple requirement were in effect this women would be alive and political opportunists would not be handed their agenda on a silver platter.

Senator Rand Paul has put forth a bill to ban no knock warrants and I support this bill fully. That being said it will need to be reinforced with even further restrictions that prevents forcible entry if an announcement is made but is not acknowledged by anyone at the residence. This is a no brainer folks and should have been stopped a long time ago.

When the AG was taking questions I was pleased to hear a reporter ask the elephant in the room question. The reporter said they interviewed a dozen residents of the apartment complex and found only one who reported to hear the police "announcement". She then asked if this was enough? This "raid" was late an night and the occupants could have been asleep, is the enough?

Clearly the reporter is hitting on the crux of the issue. No announcement is sufficient if no response is received. There are countless reasons why someone inside may not hear the announcement. They could be sound asleep, in the shower, listening to music on headphones, making passionate love, etc etc etc. Only to have their door violently broken down and instantly gunned down by the police who suddenly have to defend themselves while breaking into someones home.

This is a no brainer folks.