A no-knock warrant led to the death of Amir Locke. |
What happens when someone breaks down your door and you the homeowner have the right to shoot the intruder... but the intruder fires back and they failed to say they are the police. The homeowner is dead and the police are safe. So what happened when the subject is dead and they realize they went into the wrong house?
As #BreonnaTaylor showed us, no-knock warrants have deadly consequences for innocent law-abiding Black people! @MinneapolisPD executed a no-knock warrant yesterday at 6:48am, killing Amir Locke while he was wrapped in a blanket on the couch. Now we demand #JusticeForAmirLocke!! pic.twitter.com/FLKqR0eszP
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) February 4, 2022
Press conference gets shut down at first difficult question. pic.twitter.com/nbRCGhjEuM
— Hamish too. (@AbolishNz) February 4, 2022
Who was Amir Locke? His dad described him as an entrepreneur, a change-maker, and a law-abiding citizen. Amir did everything RIGHT, yet he was still unjustifiably killed by Minneapolis PD! #JusticeForAmirLocke pic.twitter.com/WTAqRZPDic
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) February 5, 2022
“When they put the narrative out there that he was a murder…I couldn’t. I couldn’t.” Says Andre Locke, Amir Locke’s father. pic.twitter.com/TNEsZdNaPz
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) February 5, 2022
The controversial no-knock warrant only leads to death for either party. The person or the police.
Within seconds, the law put him down as soon as he rolled out his firearm. |
He was sleeping on the couch.
Amir Locke's parents demand justice. |
Based on the footage, Huffman stated that "the officer had to make a split-second decision to assess the circumstances" and to determine an appropriate course of action to protect himself and other officers.
Every community in the United States will eventually have a legacy. A legacy of tragedy. Gun violence and COVID-19 will affect your town, your family and your life. So I don't want to hear that bullshit about how gun reform is taking away your rights to own firearms.
I don't want to hear that protesting against police killing people of color is hate on cops in general. I don't want to hear talk about the coronavirus being a myth. When you hear folks say "gun rights," what they really mean is that its white privilege.
I don't want to hear folks say masks and vaccine mandates impede their freedoms. It prevents a deadly outbreak from spreading. If you want to die from the coronavirus, that's on you.
I don't want to hear the shit about guns saving lives. Cause a bullet does not have eyes and it's always likely gonna hit a target. These folks seem to not get it. These incidents are a tragic part of American history.
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GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES!
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