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The family and activists have called for the firing of the interim police chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Psaki said the administration mourned \u201cthe tragic death of Amir Locke,\u201d and said the White House had been talking with civil rights groups as well as law enforcement agencies about the need to reform the policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of agreement on that, to keep both citizens and law enforcement officers safe,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A \u201cno-knock warrant,\u201d as its name implies, is an order from a judge that allows law enforcement officials with a search warrant to enter a home without announcing their presence first. 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