The Pros And Cons Of No Knock

Have you ever seen people hurt for no good reason? Well Redditt Hudson did, he saw his family and friends roughed up all the time. He was eventually used ot being stopped by the police, but he knew not all cops were bad. His father’s best friend was a police officer. This police officer soon became a mentor for young Redditt, and encouraged him joining the force. He told Redditt “You could use the police’s power and resources to help your community.” In 1994 He did join the St. Louis Police Department, he soon realized what a naive decision he had made. Redditt was floored by how much dysfunctional culture he had encountered. 11 years ago Cynthia Howells aunt was killed soon after some police had thrown a concussion grenade into her living room during a mistaken drug raid. Cynthia took part in a march over her fears of racism in the overly militarized police force. She told Al Jazeera in an interview “Enough is enough, This country cannot still allow the same police practices and let cops get away with it. We love our loved ones as much as they love the ones they go home to. It’s not just an issue of black or white, it’s about abuse of authority “ (Howell). The ‘No-Knock’ approach is used to surprise criminals. Faulty Information was sent in about drugs and guns at Alberta …show more content…
The officer assumed that the boy was withholding a robbery suspect, and ordered that she be let into the house. When the teenage boy denied her entry he was yanked out of the house onto the porch by his throat and was punched. Another officer approached the scene and ordered the boy to stand and he replied by saying he couldn’t and the officer decided to slam him against the house and cuffed him, the boy again said he couldn’t walk so the officers dragged him to the car by his ankles. Later research found that the boy was on crutches when he went to the door and couldn’t