Tag: MPD
Killed by Police, Amir Locke’s Funeral Draws Hundreds [Photos]
Minneapolis, MN – The funeral for 22-year-old Amir Locke was held two weeks after he was killed by Minneapolis Police Officer Mark Hanneman during the execution of a no-knock warrant. Elected officials and a high-profile reverend joined hundreds at Shiloh Temple International Ministries in North…
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Judge Cahill’s No-Knock Warrant Led to MPD Execution of Amir Locke
Minneapolis, MN – Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill, who presided over Derek Chauvin’s George Floyd murder trial, signed an evidentiary search warrant to aid an investigation which amounted to a death sentence for Amir Locke; Minneapolis city leadership previously promised to cease this dangerous practice.…
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SWAT Officers Involved in Locke Killing Have Violent, Checkered Past
Minneapolis, MN – Several of the Minneapolis Police SWAT officers involved in the February 2 early morning killing of Amir Locke have violent and checkered pasts.
Officer Mark Hanneman, the shooter who killed Locke, had previously given illicit drugs to protesters in 2012; two officers…
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MPD Political Extremism Powerpoint Spotlights Antifa and Boogaloo
Minneapolis, MN – Unicorn Riot has obtained documents used to train Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) staff on political extremism. The training presentation is entitled “Political Extremists / Anarchists, a brief summary of groups that border the line between protest and domestic terrorism.” The MPD documents…
Targeted: Young, Black, and Harassed in Downtown Minneapolis
Part 4 in the Series: 21st Century Jim Crow in the North Star City
