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A ban on almost all no-knock warrants is inching towards the Governor Tim Walz's desk with a push from the family of a man killed during the service of one. Legislators got deep into details Tuesday with law enforcement veterans hoping to fine tune the ban on no-knock warrants. But they also heard the emotional side of the story from Amir Locke’s father. Minneapolis police were not looking for Amir Locke when they served a no-knock warrant at the home where he was sleeping in February 2022.

The Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Amir Locke, a 22 year-old Black man, while executing a no-knock warrant in February won’t face criminal charges, prosecutors said.Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Hennepin County Attorney Michael Freeman said in a joint statement Wednesday there was insufficient admissible evidence to file charges against Officer Mark Hanneman. “The State would be unable to disprove beyond a reasonable doubt any of the elements of Minnesota’s use-of-deadly-force statute that authorizes the use of force by Officer Hanneman,” the statement said. “Nor would the State be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt a criminal...

One person was killed and five were wounded in a shooting at a park in Portland, authorities said. The Portland police bureau said officers responded to a report of shots fired at Normandale Park on Saturday at about 8pm. Officers found one woman dead and two men and three other women were taken to hospital, police said. Their conditions were not immediately known. Police did not immediately name anyone involved in the shooting. Social media flyers showed there was a planned march for Amir Locke, a Black man who was fatally shot by police in Minneapolis, the same time the...

Over the weekend, a speaker at a Black Lives Matter protest in Minneapolis encouraged the crowd to burn down police stations and continue looting and rioting they way the city experienced during the 2020 BLM riots. The protest came after 22-year-old Amir Locke was killed by Minneapolis police during a no-knock raid while serving a search warrant last week. Body camera footage showed police unlocking the door to the apartment and then shouting "Police!" as they entered. Locke was asleep on the couch and wrapped in a blanket. Within nine seconds, police shot Locke after seeing he was armed with...

Scroll back up to restore default view. CBS News Hundreds gather in Minneapolis to demand justice for Amir Locke Tori B. Powell Sat, February 5, 2022, 4:46 PM In this article: Jacob Frey American politician, mayor of Minneapolis Hundreds of people gathered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Saturday to demand justice for Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by a police last week. Crowds held signs calling for the resignation of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and officer Mark Hanneman, who shot Locke, according to CBS Minnesota. "This is not easy, to have to bury your son," Locke's...