Minneapolis police have released a video of the death of 22-year-old African-American Amir Locke. Locke was killed when a SWAT team stormed his apartment and opened fire on him. As seen in the video, Locke appears to be sleeping on the couch when he wakes up from a police raid and hurries to grab his gun.
The video of the attack from a body camera released by the Minneapolis municipal authority last Thursday night, shows police officers opening the door of the apartment using a key, entering, announcing their presence and then taking a few steps towards the living room, where the young man is lying on the couch, hooded with a blanket. When he goes to grab his pistol, a police officer shoots him almost three times.
In their announcement the day before yesterday On Wednesday, authorities confirmed that “almost nine seconds after entering, police officers were confronted with an armed man, armed with a pistol, pointing in their direction.”
Amir Lok
Within “a moment”, a police officer used his service weapon and “the adult man was injured”, the announcement continues, which clarifies that the victim succumbed to his injuries in a hospital.
The group’s attack was linked to a case in the neighboring town of St Paul, in which Amir Locke was not involved, according to Star Tribune, which cited three anonymous sources close to the police.
The paper also revealed that according to police radio communications before the attack, the special forces team was carrying out a search warrant from the so-called “no-knock”, which allows law enforcement forces to break down doors without first announcing their presence. their.
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