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This whole thing is just too sickening for words.

I remember back in the '80s in Eugene it was routine for the cops to do no knock raids around here and a number of them were going bad with people getting hurt or worse when meeting unannounced intruders with resistance.

There was a lot of debate on the issue and the local area police decided they would adopt procedures whereby they would only do no knock raids if they believed it was necessary to protect themselves or others from harm.

Nice gesture I guess, but it is still up to their judgment, no laws were changed.

I don't think the possibility of destruction of evidence in support of a charge of selling a $50 sack justifies a no knock. After all of the fireworks by the cops, when that kind of charge gets to court it is treated like a speeding ticket. Here, speeding tickets can only be issued by uniformed cops.