FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky city's ban on no-knock warrants was struck down Thursday by the state's highest court, which said it conflicted with a state law that limits but doesn't prohibit such warrants during police raids.

The Kentucky Supreme Court ruling against the ordinance in Lexington raised questions about another local ban on no-knock warrants enacted in Louisville following Breonna Taylor 's death. No-knock warrants permit officers to serve a warrant without knocking or announcing themselves, and are typically used in drug raids so contraband can't be hidden.

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