No Charges Filed Against Police Who Killed Amir Locke Under A No-Knock Warrant

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By Bry'onna Mention ·Updated April 6, 2022

On Wednesday, Minnesota prosecutors declined to file charges against a Minneapolis police SWAT team officer who fatally shot Amir Locke while executing a no-knock search warrant in the wee hours of the morning in February.

Locke, a 22-year-old Black man, was killed shortly after being startled out of his sleep by a Minneapolis police officer upon entering a city apartment under a ‘no-knock’ warrant on

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