Hundreds Protest Killing of Amir Locke by Minneapolis Police

Protesters now marching through downtown Minneapolis. #AmirLocke @WCCO pic.twitter.com/tJT2uFEOIH

— Nick Streiff (@nickstreiff) February 5, 2022

BREAKING: 2 officers on a SWAT team that was caught on body camera video firing at citizens without warning from an unmarked cargo van days after the police killing of George Floyd were also involved in Wednesday's raid that led to Amir Locke's killing: https://t.co/DvkcaowKQW

— Deena Winter (@deenafaywinter) February 4, 2022

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

Amir Locke’s father Andre showed how his son held his licensed gun correctly, as he was trained to do, before Amir was shot by police during a no-knock search warrant. Bodycam footage appears to show Amir did not point it at police and did not put his finger on the trigger pic.twitter.com/gRQhiX6Lds

— Glen Stubbe (@gspphoto) February 4, 2022

Huge crowd demanding justice. #AmirLocke #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/KMjN73aNsc

— Mike Griffin (@votegriffin) February 5, 2022

The senseless killing of Amir Locke isn't just 1 new name on long list of victims of police violence. He represents all the broken promises that came after George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. His blood is on the hands of those who failed to act

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— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) February 6, 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

Amir Locke was asleep, tucked under a blanket in the early morning.

10 seconds later, the Minneapolis Police shot and killed him in a no-knock warrant that he wasn’t even named on.

They entered with no regard for human life. We need justice for Amir.

— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) February 4, 2022

Cross section of the #AmirLocke rally from the top of a parking ramp. @MNSpokesman pic.twitter.com/QKLLoUyf6s

— Twin Cities Citizens' Report (@TwinCityReports) February 5, 2022

Amir Locke had a valid Minnesota license to conceal and carry a weapon. This is a FN 5.7 legally registered to Amir. Amir Locke wasn’t on the warrant and there’s even talk that the apartment unit they killed Amir in wasn’t in the warrant either. Where’s the body cam footage? https://t.co/StNVpHords

— there are weeks where decades happen ☭ (@ViolentLeftist) February 3, 2022

The judge who presided over the Derek Chauvin trial is the same one who signed the "no-knock" warrant that resulted in the murder of Amir Locke. The blood of this young man is on Peter Cahill's hands just as much as the cops who did the raid.#JusticeForAmirLocke pic.twitter.com/JoY02Lsch1

— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) February 6, 2022

New bodycam footage shows 22-year-old Amir Locke asleep before a SWAT team startles him awake and kills him as he grabs his gun.

“No lawful gun owner could have survived this situation," his family's attorney saidhttps://t.co/vEr0zhsKJP

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) February 4, 2022

#AmirLocke SAY HIS NAME pic.twitter.com/1wvz7PSV0T

— MNUPRISING (@MnUrising) February 4, 2022

But #AmirLocke couldn’t sleep on his couch and live https://t.co/vFynCQf2ps

— Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) February 5, 2022

Protester wrapped in blanket. Amir Locke. pic.twitter.com/bKY0W1mVED

— Rochelle Olson (@rochelleolson) February 5, 2022

At a press conference this evening, Mayor Frey talks about the importance of getting the facts right, then is unable to answer the question: "Why was Amir Locke referred to as a suspect in MPD's press release?"https://t.co/2wqWtdNF2c pic.twitter.com/WjZn4AOfa1

— Wedge LIVE!™ (@WedgeLIVE) February 4, 2022

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Justice for Amir Locke protest in Downtown Minneapolis – Live now

— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) February 5, 2022

Thank you Nekima Levy Armstrong for interrupting this “press conference” and speaking up on behalf of #AmirLocke

ABOLISH NO KNOCK WARRANTS #JusticeForAmirLocke pic.twitter.com/16vqNW3jQY

— 🤨 Lovely 🤨 (@SweetPea1636) February 5, 2022

Amir Locke. pic.twitter.com/beFfgn4sGs

— Peter Darker (@IAmLeoGlaze) February 5, 2022

Amir Locke’s family deserves ANSWERS & transparency into the unjustifiable death of their loved one. Yet, Minneapolis PD and the city mayor are trying to withhold them! This is unacceptable! #JusticeForAmirLocke 🎥: @ajplus pic.twitter.com/smhwrOGMwo

— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) February 5, 2022

Hundreds of activists are in the streets right now in #Minneapolis to demand justice for Amir Locke. Minneapolis PD executed Amir during a no-knock search warrant Wednesday morning.#JusticeForAmirLocke #mpls #Minneapolis #nojusticenopeace #RestInPower #ResistanceUnited pic.twitter.com/9z3M4g1uWU

— Dαиι αкα вєℓℓα (@AdrblyFerocious) February 6, 2022

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— rory PINNED (@kttyonce) February 6, 2022