FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky's Supreme Court struck down Lexington's ban on no-knock warrants Thursday, saying it conflicted with a state law that limits but doesn't prohibit such warrants during police raids.

The ruling 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.

Louisville officers burst into Taylor's home and shot her in March 2020 using a drug warrant. Taylor's boyfriend shot at the officers as they burst in, and officers returned fire, striking Taylor several times in her hallway. No drugs were found in the apartment.

Her killing, along with George

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