AMIR LOCKE

The teenage cousin of Amir Locke was sentenced to more than 16 years on Monday for his role in a January murder that prompted police to execute a no-knock warrant on the Minneapolis apartment where Locke was killed by a SWAT team officer. Mekhi Speed, 18, pleaded guilty in May to aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder while committing a felony — namely aggravated robbery — in connection with the Jan. 10 killing of 38-year-old Otis Elder. Speed, who was 17 when Elder was shot, told the court during his plea hearing that he had a handgun when he and others tried to rob Elder of drugs in St. Paul, and there was a struggle and a shot was fired.

Mekhi Camden Speed, now 18, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting one count of second-degree unintentional murder while committing a felony.

A teenage cousin of Amir Locke has pleaded guilty to a murder that prompted police to conduct the no-knock warrant that led to Locke's killing in February.

A state investigation launched after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer has determined that the department has engaged in a pattern of race discrimination.

Locke, who was not named in the warrant, was shot seconds after he displayed a gun.

Authorities said there was "insufficient admissible evidence" to file charges in the case.

Minnesota prosecutors have declined to file charges against a Minneapolis police SWAT team officer who fatally shot Amir Locke while executing an early morning no-knock search warrant in February.

MINNEAPOLIS – The Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Amir Locke during a predawn, no-knock raid in February will not face charges in the killing, prosecutors announced Wednesday. They said they could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Officer Mark Hanneman, who fatally shot Locke, had violated the state’s use-of-deadly force statute that authorizes officers to use such force. Locke was hit twice in the chest and once in the wrist and was pronounced dead at a hospital. Asked why the police had initially described Locke as a “suspect,” interim Minneapolis Police chief Amelia Huffman blamed a lack of information in the immediate aftermath of the shooting. On Tuesday, Frey implemented a new policy that he said prohibits the Minneapolis police from applying for or executing no-knock search warrants.

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Between 2010 and 2016, at least 81 civilians and 13 law enforcement officers have been killed in no-knock raids.

At his funeral, attendees called on the mayor of Minneapolis to end the law enforcement tactic.

Locke's death has prompted an outcry against no-knock warrants, with a push by his family and others to ban them in Minnesota and beyond.

The Rev. Al Sharpton told the hundreds gathered for Amir Locke’s funeral that the 22-year-old Black man would still be alive if Minneapolis had banned no-knock warrants.

Minneapolis Police Chief Amelia Huffman was taking questions about the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Amir Locke when a reporter challenged the police account that Locke's gun was pointed toward officers serving a search warrant. Huffman's attempt to explain was too much for one local activist. The exchange underscores the fraught situation that Huffman — named interim chief just weeks ago and a candidate to take the job permanently — faces as she attempts to steer a department in tatters since George Floyd's killing 20 months ago shattered community trust.

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.

The 17-year-old cousin was charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the Jan. 10 killing of Otis Elder.

We have learned again and again that our fears, our guilt, our anger aren’t in the past. They are constant and exhausting. And overtime, they’ve muffled history’s voice.

Authorities arrested Amir Locke's 17-year-old cousin in connection with the homicide investigation that led police to the Minneapolis apartment where a SWAT team officer fatally shot Locke while conducting a search warrant.

President Joe Biden is considering expanding a policy that limits the use of “no-knock” warrants for certain federal agents.

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A caravan of vehicles drove through Minneapolis demanding justice in the death of Amir Locke, the 22-year old Black man who was fatally shot by Minneapolis police as officers served a no-knock search warrant.

Local outlets reported that St. Paul police initially requested a "knock and announce" warrant, but Minneapolis police insisted on changing it.

The 22-year-old Black man had filed paperwork to start a music business and had already designed a logo.

The 22-year-old Black man had filed paperwork to start a music business and had already designed a logo.

Before he was fatally shot by a Minneapolis police officer, Amir Locke had been making plans.

"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 death of a Black man at the hands of a Minneapolis police SWAT team is shining new light on how police carry out no-knock warrants.

The killing of a Black man by Minneapolis police left his family and activists angry and questioning the credibility of a department widely criticized for its initial portrayal of George Floyd’s death.

Body camera footage shows that police shot and killed Amir Locke while he was on a couch, wrapped in a blanket, on Wednesday morning. Ruled a homicide, the death is being reviewed by prosecutors.

A SWAT team carrying out a no-knock warrant shot and killed Amir Locke, who was armed but was not the subject of the warrant.

A SWAT team carrying out a no-knock warrant shot and killed Amir Locke, who was armed but was not the subject of the warrant.

Authorities identified him as Amir Locke, 22. Body cam video shows him wrapped in a blanket on a couch, then displaying a handgun when officers entered.

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.