From Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
No-knock warrants will be banned in Pittsburgh and solitary confinement will be restricted at Allegheny County Jail after voters overwhelmingly approved two ballot questions in Tuesday’s election.
Voters petitioned to add the questions to the ballot and they had broad support from both city and county residents, according to Brandi Fisher, who leads the Pittsburgh-based Alliance for Police Accountability.
“There was an overwhelming response from people who wanted these to be passed,” Fisher said.
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WA just did something similar.Report
Good for them. Now lets hope the police actually listen, and don’t spend too much time trying to wrangle a way around this.Report