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No-Knock, No More

How deadly consequences on search warrants claimed the life of Amir Locke

Quintessa L. Williams
Published in
5 min readFeb 8, 2022

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Orlando protestors outside Atlanta supporting the ban of no-knock warrants | Photo Courtesy of 11 Alive News

Last Tuesday during a book club meeting with my writing group, we discussed Chapter 9 on Self-Defense from Nikole Hannah-Jones’ The 1619 Project. My initial thoughts on the chapter were that it spoke to a stand your ground degree that protects the…

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Quintessa L. Williams
Momentum

Afra-American Journalist 📝📚| #WEOC | Blacktivist | EIC of TDQ | Editor for Cultured & AfroSapiophile. Bylines in The Root, MadameNoire, ZORA, & Momentum.