No Knock and No Crack, Pt. 2

"...Pennington announced new controls over narco cops and so-called no-knock raids, policy changes prompted by the police shooting death..."

April 4, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

No Knock and No Crack

"...busted into Johnston’s small home armed with a so-called no-knock warrant, allowing them to forgo announcing their presence before..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Post by Jordan Smith

Austin Just Says No to Weed Busts, No-Knock

City Council made both policy in 2020, now voters codify them as law

"...amounts of marijuana, nor should they be subjected to no-knock search warrants...."

May 13, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

No Knock and No Crack, Pt. 4

Was the drug raid that took life of 92-year-old in Atlanta in 2006 caused by a quota system at police department?

"...requiring drug officers to make nine arrests and two warrants each month, attorney William McKenney told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution...."

Nov. 10, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

We Have an Issue: To the Ballot Box We Go (Again!)

Voters mull Proposition A’s progressive policies on low-level pot possession and no-knock warrants

"...low-level marijuana offenses, and 2) ban the use of "no-knock" warrants by Austin police. As Austin Sanders explains in..."

April 29, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Nobody Wants to Stop Voters From Approving Prop A

Pro-legalization and pro-freedom folks see eye to eye on the May 7 ballot

"...offenses and (2) ban the use of 'no knock' warrants by Austin police." Its supporters call it the Austin..."

April 29, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Who's That Not Knocking On My Door?

It's the police, but you wouldn't know it

"...Arcuri and his team opted to employ the so-called "no-knock" approach – bashing through the door without saying a..."

Feb. 20, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Trail of Dead

"...of both "knock and announce" and "no knock" drug warrants, the practice has been implicated in a host of..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Progressives Push to Get Justice Reforms on November Ballot

Oliver, Siegel leading campaign to decriminalize pot, end no-knock

"...marijuana possession in Austin and ban the use of no-knock warrants by the Austin Police Department...."

July 2, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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Our readers talk back.

"...If the Founders had contemplated "no knock" warrants or "dynamic entries," they would have explicitly included them..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

Election Ticker: Race for Austin's Next Mayor Heats Up

Israel kicks off quest to make history in mayoral race, plus more news

"...marijuana and ban the Austin Police Department from using no-knock warrants has been certified by City Clerk Myrna Rios...."

Jan. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

May 7 Elections Give Validation to Austin's Values

A taste of Austin politics in the suburbs

"...codifying existing Austin police policies regarding marijuana possession and no-knock search warrants. They did, enthusiastically. So yay! Austin won...."

May 13, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Masks Are Back!

Plus: a November vote on pot decriminalization?

"...• Ban on No-Knock Warrants..."

July 23, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Chronicle Endorsements for the May 7 State and Local Election

Early Voting April 25-May 3 • Election Day May 7

"...possession in Austin and also prohibit the use of no-knock warrants. The best reason to get out and vote..."

April 22, 2022 News Feature by The 'Chronicle' News staff

Criminal Justice Goes Unreformed by a Dismal 87th Texas Legislature

High presession hopes lead to deeper disappointments now

"...example. The bill, meant to reform the use of no-knock warrants, arrived from the House with provisions requiring police..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

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Readers respond to Zero Tolerance, the Longhorn Pipeline, and Being John Malkovich.

"...and present danger, and cops should not be executing no-knock warrants (not to mention suspects). Rusty Windle obviously didn't..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Column

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Austin on Tuesday. While APD can no longer execute no-knock warrants, per voters' wishes, it is unclear if Leander..."

June 17, 2022 News Feature

Council Poised to Enact First APD Reforms and Budget Cuts

Change begins now

"...as much as possible, while restricting the issuance of no-knock warrants, which allow officers to enter an individual's residence..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

A Closer Look at the Resolutions To Address Structural Police Reform

"...would also be discouraged from using facial recognition, requesting "no-knock warrants," and maintaining "military-grade equipment."..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Drug War Blowback

Drug-raid tactics come under increasing scrutiny

"...he says. In fact, he says, of "all the warrants issued by a judge, a search warrant for a..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Many Questions Remain After Leander Police Shooting

APD now investigating the killing at a North Austin motel

"...feared the raid may have been prompted by a no-knock warrant, a month after Austin voters overwhelmingly approved a..."

June 24, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Drug Warriors

Hays County drug war is costing lives and money.

"...frequented by electricians and other tradesmen. According to arrest warrants obtained by the task force, during a two-week period..."

Nov. 5, 1999 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Shooting Star

"...He may have run because he had felony drug warrants out for his arrest, or because he cracked up,..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by David Holthouse

Riding the Pinwheel

The GOP redraws the map of Texas – brazenly sidestepping most of the state's newest voters

"...area. "There's a pent-up concentration of Hispanics that clearly warrants" such a district, Angle says. The state argues that..."

Aug. 26, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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Last week's Summer Smut Issue gets a whuppin' from some prudent readers.

"...for information and biased opinion in the very least warrants a formal apology for Mark Miller. "Balloon Fish" was..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Column