Fatal police shooting of Amir Locke in no-knock raid in Minnesota

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Minneapolis police have released body camera footage showing the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old Black man earlier this week during a no-knock warrant, a case that has raised tensions in the city and renewed scrutiny upon local law enforcement.

Amir Locke was fatally shot by a SWAT team officer with the Minneapolis Police Department as they carried out a warrant at 6:48 a.m. Wednesday in the 1100 block of Marquette Ave South, police said.

The warrant was related to a homicide investigation out of St. Paul, Minnesota, according to police.

“Mr. Locke was not named in the original search warrant and so at this point it is unclear if or how he is connected to St. Paul’s investigation," Minneapolis Police Department Interim Chief Amelia Huffman said in a news conference Thursday.

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Minneapolis police release body camera footage of fatal shooting of Black man, 22, during no-knock warrant

Amir Locke was fatally shot by a SWAT team officer during an early morning no-knock raid Wednesday. Police said he was shot after officers saw he had a gun in his hand.
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Mel70 said:
It's downtown Minneapolis. Marquette Ave. They are nice apts. Rent starts at a little over $1200.00. The apartments in that area are nice and pretty pricey. They have nice ammenities too.
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I was going to check the place where this family apparently had like three flats/apts... I couldn't take the time. Really? Not that $1,200 is unheard of for an apartment but if that is the starting price, that is probably for an efficiency...

I so wanted to comment on the article further earlier but didn't dare take the time as there were so many things that stood out...

Like where this happened was not the apartment of the victim either but a relative's apartment... And a lot more...

I was going to comment on the size of St. Paul PD versus Mpls. PD and the difference in city size, etc. but didn't have time to link things or get into it...

I don't have time now, still reading posts even in this thread, but I will say quickly that MPD just keeps having one thing after another after another after another... Every case is different and I know that but man, you couldn't make up the sh*t that keeps happening tied to that PD, etc.
 
daisy7 said:
Speed and Locke are cousins, according to the charging document, which also revealed that Speed was living in a different unit of the Bolero Flats Apartment Homes, at 1117 S. Marquette Av., in downtown Minneapolis but also had access to the apartment where police barged in on Feb. 2 and shot Locke as he held a gun.

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As their investigation progressed last week, St. Paul police filed standard applications for search warrant affidavits for three Bolero Flats apartments. But detectives were forced to resubmit the requests after Minneapolis police insisted on a no-knock entry.

MPD would not have agreed to execute the search in its jurisdiction otherwise, according to a law enforcement source who spoke on the condition of anonymity. St. Paul police rarely execute no-knock warrants because they are considered high-risk. The capital city police force has not served such a warrant since 2016, said department spokesman Steve Linders.
Locke, who was not a target of the investigation, was sleeping in the apartment of relatives when members of a Minneapolis police SWAT team burst in shortly before 7 a.m.
Footage from one of the officers' body cameras showed police quietly unlocking the apartment door with a key before barging inside, yelling "Search warrant!" as Locke lay under a blanket on the couch. An officer kicked the couch, Locke stirred, holding a firearm in his right hand. He was shot by officer Mark Hanneman within seconds.
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I’m kinda hopping in the middle here, but does anyone think that Locke may have not realized it was a police officer? If he was sound asleep holding onto his gun for whatever reason and then the police officer woke him up, he may have been startled.

Like some of the comments I’ve seen here, my question is the validity of the approach and the way it was conducted.
 
Kimster said:
I’m kinda hopping in the middle here, but does anyone think that Locke may have not realized it was a police officer? If he was sound asleep holding onto his gun for whatever reason and then the police officer woke him up, he may have been startled.

Like some of the comments I’ve seen here, my question is the validity of the approach and the way it was conducted.
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I get the point but I'd also like to know if it was routine for him to sleep with a gun. And if so, what for, the specific reason and who or what he was worried about. I'm not saying it couldn't have been due to neighborhood or general protection but I'd like to know that... Was it a common thing in this building, etc...

I think there is a lot both ways it would be nice to know a bit more about...
 
GrandmaBear said:
I get the point but I'd also like to know if it was routine for him to sleep with a gun. And if so, what for, the specific reason and who or what he was worried about. I'm not saying it couldn't have been due to neighborhood or general protection but I'd like to know that... Was it a common thing in this building, etc...

I think there is a lot both ways it would be nice to know a bit more about...
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The apartments are downtown Minneapolis and are nice.
 
Then just Google "Bolero Flats Minneapolis" It will show pictures. The price for a 815 square feet apt starts at 1,315.00 a mth.
 
Mel70 said:
The apartments are downtown Minneapolis and are nice.
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I recall you saying that and I believe you and it sounds right. But I also have heard for some years now that downtown Mpls. as a whole isn't great any longer.

So nice apartments that attract all good tenants do you think? I'm asking seriously. It does sound like there is extended families there, at least three apartments and various relatives maybe crashing at the various apartments is the idea I got with the little bit of info we have in this case.

I know where my sister lives as I've said, she went into brand new very nice apartment with all the amenities but they have already had several new tenants kicked out for violating the rules. The building however is safe and they are enforcing their rules strictly.
 
Mel70 said:

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Wow you aren't kidding. Rooftop deck etc. City views. HIgh rise. Okay. So why would you sleep with a gun in this place. That doesn't seem at all likely to me seeing this place and as taken care of as it is and probably secure... I wonder what floors they were on. No one is going to get through a high rise apartment except through the entry door (if up how many floors) which probably has a very decent deadbolt looking at this place...
 
It is difficult to have an opinion on this one with the information known to us. What we do know gives me no reason to think there should be charges. However, if there is more to it than we know, I'd change my opinion accordingly.

On the face of it they had a no knock warrant and they reacted to a gun drawn on them. That's all I know.
 
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