Footage of police shooting Amir Locke in his sleep

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https://www.npr.org/2022/02/04/1078313707/amir-locke-killed-minneapolis-police-no-knock-warrant



Ellison says his office is working with the Hennepin County Attorney's Office to review and decide whether to bring criminal charges in the case, which comes less than two years after [URL='https://www.npr.org/2022/01/24/1075321209/federal-trial-begins-3-other-officers-george-floyd']Minneapolis police killed George Floyd
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Seconds before police killed him Wednesday morning, Locke appeared to be asleep on a couch, under a blanket. The video from an officer-worn camera shows that Locke, who is Black, had a gun in his hand. But both the authorities and Locke's attorneys agree that he was not the subject of the warrant that police were attempting to execute.


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they went in there to kill. that looks like a military operation in an enemy land, not an execution of a search warrant.




but some of y'all don't want to defund this shyt, just try to 'reform' it:mjpls:


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Cacs for gun rights better not say it’s his fault he got shot.
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they kept it on point this time:manny:


Also Friday morning, a leading state gun rights group contended that Locke acting legally when he armed himself as several Minneapolis police SWAT officers rushed into the downtown apartment, which family members say belonged to a relative.

The assessment from the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus comes after the city released police body-worn camera video showing the officers entering the unit in the Bolero Flats As Locke stirred, his right hand could be seen holding a gun, and within seconds one of them opened fire and fatally wounded the young man.

As seen in the video, "Mr. Locke appears to be sleeping on the couch during the execution of a no-knock warrant," read a statement from Bryan Strawser, who chairs the caucus. "He is awoken with a confusing array of commands coming from multiple officers who are pointing lights and firearms at him."

Rob Doar, a caucus senior vice president, said that Locke "did what many of us might do in the same confusing circumstances. He read for a legal means of self-defense while he sought to understand what was happening."

Doar asserted that "the tragic circumstances of Mr. Locke's death were completely avoidable. It's yet another example where a no-knock warrant has resulted in the death of an innocent person."

Locke's family has said he owned the gun and had a permit to carry. Doar said that no permit to carry would have been necessary for Locke, as he was in a private residence. There is also no gun registration or licensing to own in Minnesota, so it's irrelevant whether or not he owned the gun, as he is not prohibited from possessing a firearm, according to Minnesota court records.
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