In a 4-2 decision, the Kentucky Supreme Court overturned Lexington’s ban on no-knock warrants.

The court ruled the local ban conflicts with a state law that limits, but does not prohibit such warrants.

The Kentucky Supreme Court has struck down Lexington’s ban on no-knock warrants, raising questions about the future of Louisville’s own ordinance, which was passed unanimously by Metro Council in response to the 2020 police killing of Breonna Taylor .

In a 4-2 decision, Justice Robert Conley wrote for the majority , saying that Lexington’s local law conflicts with Senate Bill 4, a statewide measure passed in 2021 that regulates, but does not prohibit, the use of no-knock warrants.

Conley likened the legal conflict to a two-way street: While local governments may add safeguards beyond

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