The families of Amir Locke and Breonna Taylor — both of whom were killed by police who entered their home during raids — spoke at a press conference at the Minnesota state Capitol to demand the abolishment of no-knock police warrants.
The controversial practice took center stage again after a Minneapolis police SWAT team entered a downtown apartment on the night of Feb. 2 and killed 22-year-old Locke, a Black man who was asleep at the time.
Locke’s parents, who previously have said their son was executed by police, both spoke at Thursday’s event. “We demand that they pass the law for no-knock warrants in the name of my son Amir, we demand justice and we demand that this is done properly,” said Andre Locke, Amir’s father. The shooting occurred at a time when Minneapolis police are under scrutiny for other acts of police brutality. Three Minneapolis officers face federal trial for the death of George Floyd. Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao are accused of violating his civil rights while acting under “color of law” for not intervening and stopping former Officer Derek Chauvin, who was found guilty of murder by the state for kneeling on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes.
In the meantime, officers must use a “knock-and-announce” approach, in which a police officer executing a search warrant waits for a response before forcing their way in.Minneapolis police were executing a warrant on behalf of the Saint Paul Police Department Homicide Unit when they entered the seventh-floor apartment. The incident report states officers “loudly and repeatedly announced their presence, crossed the threshold of the apartment and advanced with loud announcements of their presence.
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