Fort: Botched Gwinnett drug raid shows need for ‘no-knock’ warrant ban
December 12, 2008 at 9:33 am by Thomas Wheatley in NewsAs reported yesterday in the AJC, Gwinnett County police raided the wrong Lawrenceville home in an attempt to break up a suspected methamphetamine distributor. Andre at Georgia Politics Unfiltered spoke with state Sen. Vincent Fort about the issue.
The Democrat lawmaker who represents parts of Atlanta — and who also received one write-in vote for Cobb County Tax Commissioner on Nov. 4 (!) — introduced legislation last session that would’ve banned the use of “no-knock” warrants statewide.
State Sen. Vincent Fort (D – Atlanta) reacted to the article detailing the mistaken raid of John Lewis’ home saying the incident would be laughable if it weren’t so serious.
“This is just the reason why we need a statewide law restricting no-knock warrants,” Fort said.
More insight and info is over at Andre’s.
December 12th, 2008 at 10:21 am
And Fort’s call for a ban on “no-knock” warrants is evidence of his ignorance of the issue; an ignorance that would result in the injury and death of police officers.
Obviously, Fort has never participated in a search warrant on a drug house. Otherwise, he MIGHT understand how stupid he sounds.