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Cop safety cited in no-knock warrant ahead of Locke's death
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities searching the Minneapolis apartment where Amir Locke […]
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What we know about the warrant police used to enter Amir Locke's home
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Parents: Amir Locke ‘executed’; mayor halts no-knock entries
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Minneapolis City Council to review no-knock warrants in the wake of Amir Locke's killing
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Cop safety cited in no-knock warrant ahead of Locke's death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis mayor imposed a moratorium on no-knock warrants Friday, two days after a SWAT team entered a downtown apartment and killed Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black
Officers were at the downtown Minneapolis apartment unit to serve a search warrant in connection with a St. Paul homicide investigation. Locke was not the subject of the warrant.
"To ensure safety of both the public and officers until a new policy is crafted, I'm issuing a moratorium on both the request and execution of such warrants in Minneapolis," said Mayor Jacob Frey.
The Minneapolis mayor has imposed a moratorium on no-knock warrants after Amir Locke was killed as a SWAT team carried out a search warrant in a downtown apartment.
Police are investigating the shooting of Amir Locke by officers executing a no-knock warrant. Video showed him lying on the couch and holding a gun seconds after a SWAT team entered the apartment.
By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN With Minneapolis’ mayor imposing what he described as a moratorium on no-knock warrants following the fatal police shooting of Amir Locke, a city council committee Monday will review the practice, which was supposedly all but banned in 2020.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey faced questions from city leaders on Monday over his policies related to the police department’s practice of no-knock warrants, just days after a city cop fatally shot a man during one of the raids, police have said.
Police have made an arrest in connection with the Minnesota murder investigation that prompted Minneapolis police to conduct the fatal no-knock search warrant involving Amir Locke, authorities confirmed Tuesday.
Documents show authorities searching the Minneapolis apartment where Amir Locke was killed by a SWAT team member said they believed a no-knock search warrant was necessary to protect the public and officers investigating a violent homicide.
