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| Minneapolis protest of Amir Locke shooting death draws more than 1,000 marchers: reports | |
| 2022-02-06 | |
| [FoxNews] Andre Locke, father of the man who was killed, called for 22 days of peace in memory of his son. 'Because we aren't police bashers,' he said More than 1,000 protesters marched in Minneapolis on Saturday, seeking action following last week’s police "no knock" warrant shooting death of Amir Locke, according to reports. Locke’s death was the latest in a string of controversial incidents in Minnesota in recent years involving confrontations between Black men and police. The latest shooting happened early Wednesday inside an apartment as police conducted a raid in connection with a murder in St. Paul, FOX 9 of Minneapolis reported. Locke was not named in the warrant, the Star Tribune of Minneapolis reported. Court records show that another man living in the apartment had threatened police during a 2018 arrest, FOX 9 reported.
On Saturday, the crowd gathered around 3 p.m. outside the Hennepin County Government Center then marched for about three hours in cold temperatures, FOX 9 reported. ‘WE AREN’T POLICE BASHERS' Speakers at the gathering included Andre Locke, father of the man who was killed. He called for 22 days of peace in memory of his son. "Because we aren’t police bashers," the father said, according to FOX 9. But he called for the removal of what he called "bad seeds" from the city’s police force. "There’s great officers that are White. There’s great officers, period," he said. "But they have bad seeds. They have the bad seeds and those bad seeds are the ones who don’t need to be in our communities." On Friday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said he would ban "no knock" warrants for police in most situations. But Saturday’s marchers held signs opposing Frey, with messages such as "Frey lied, Amir died," and called for Frey and Minneapolis police Chief Amelia Huffman to step down, FOX 9 reported. Protesters noted that Frey had previously promised to end "no knock" warrants in Minneapolis in 2020, after the police shooting death of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky, in similar circumstances. But police continued seeking and obtaining "no knock" warrants afterward – even though Frey, a Democrat, claimed in campaign literature prior to his November re-election that such warrants had been eliminated, the Star Tribune reported. Police obtained more than a dozen such warrants in the past month alone, the newspaper noted. Frey told the Star Tribune that he is not notified when a judge issues a "no knock" warrant. Police said after Wednesday’s shooting that Locke possessed a gun, but attorneys representing Locke’s family said Locke owned the firearm legally and didn’t appear to understand what was happening before he was fatally shot, FOX 9 reported. BLM protestor, 20, is given PROBATION after trying to burn down a school during riots in Minneapolis after George Floyd's death [Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
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| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 Police said after Wednesday’s shooting that Locke possessed a gun, but attorneys representing Locke’s family said Locke owned the firearm legally and didn’t appear to understand what was happening before he was fatally shot, FOX 9 reported. This is the money quote as far as I'm concerned. Dude was literally sleeping on a couch, minding his own business, and they weren't looking for him. He probably had no idea his idiot friend had mouthed off to the cops four years ago. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2022-02-06 22:15 |
| #2 So 1,000 Far Left liberals, many likely just there hoping to get a protest weekend hook-update. Protest that Amir Locke was shot and killed with a firearm. In a place that qualified under the NEW 2021 super restrictive No Kock Warrant Issuing Guidelines. But hold on wasn't it the LIBERALs back during Obama that were screaming and demanding all police MUST BE have Bodycams? Wasn't part of the liberals selling point and reason so as to openly and quickly show if Police actions were or weren't justified? So we could avoid such Public Misunderstandings/Protests/Riots as these? But now, despite having Bodycam video CLEARLY showing that Locke had a gun with at the time of the Police Executed No-Knock Warrant. The liberals are still protesting???? What do they want KOREAN Police Firearm usage rules? 3 requests to drop the weapon, then a fire Blank round. Then reissue the warning again before shooting a live round? Maybe these Liberal idiots need to read up on the NUTROLL a Minnesota Police Officer needs to go thru to get a no-knock warrant and how restricted it is to execute it IF THEY CAN. 2021 Minnesota Statutes |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-02-06 17:14 |
| #1 Choose your friends carefully, lest the lesson be fatal. The friendship was terminal. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-02-06 13:24 |