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To embed this piece of audio in your site, please use this code:XTwo Houston lawmakers want to ban no-knock warrants statewide.A filed in the upcoming state legislature that would ban the practice is in response to the 2019 that led to the deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas.State Rep. Gene Wu, D-Houston, said the House bill would work to protect both civilians and police, by requiring officers to identify themselves before attempting to break down a door."I think a lot of the problems that we had with search warrants in the Harding Street (raid) and other places, with , was literally people who have a right to defend their homes, as we've been saying all this time, don't know who is breaking into their house," Wu said.Wu said he expects to pick up support from conservatives who believe in a person’s right to defend their property against what they believe is an unlawful break in.State Sen. Borris Miles, D-Houston, filed an identical bill in the Senate.The Harding Street raid also injured five police officers, one of whom — Gerald Goines — was later charged with felony murder and tampering with a government document after allegedly lying in order to obtain a search warrant for the home. He was also charged with theft by a public servant. Five other officers were charged with tampering and other offenses in connection with the incident.The botched raid brought increased attention to HPD's narcotics division, and detailed a unit rife with mistakes, including 404 errors in 231 investigations involving Goines and former officer Steven Bryant alone.Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said his department would no longer use no-knock warrants in February 2019. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner signed an executive order reinforcing the no-knock ban in June of this year.Additional reporting by Paul DeBenedetto.Fill out the form below to subscribe our new daily editorial newsletter from the HPM Newsroom.· Death Row Exoneree Anthony Graves is fighting for a fair criminal justice system, but is Texas willing to take action? This is an encore of the August 14, 2021 broadcast.· The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in a case between Harris County Election Administrator Isabel Longoria and Attorney General Ken Paxton.· Legal and law enforcement experts discuss how we got to this point with no-knock warrants and where we go from here.· The Houston mayor called movement on the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act "a defining moment."

To embed this piece of audio in your site, please use this code:XTwo Houston lawmakers want to ban no-knock warrants statewide.A filed in the upcoming state legislature that would ban the practice is in response to the 2019 that led to the deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas.State Rep. Gene Wu, D-Houston, said the House bill would work to protect both civilians and police, by requiring officers to identify themselves before attempting to break down a door."I think a lot of the problems that we had with search warrants in the Harding Street (raid) and other places, with , was...

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