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Drivers Protesting Police Killing of Amir Locke Block Streets in Minneapolis
Drivers blocked streets in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in protest on Friday evening, February 4, following the fatal police shooting of a black man, Amir Locke, on Wednesday. Footage by Mike Griffin shows cars blocking parts of 11th Street and Marquette Avenue on Friday. Police officers fatally shot Locke while carrying out a search warrant at an apartment early on the morning of February 2, bodycam footage released by the City of Minneapolis shows. Minneapolis Police Department said a SWAT team gained entry to an apartment on Marquette Avenue and after around nine seconds encountered a man “with a handgun pointed in the direction of the officers." The public information report details that an officer then “fired his duty weapon,” striking 22-year-old Amir Locke. Police said officers provided emergency aid before Locke was brought to hospital, where he later died from his injuries. On Friday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey imposed a moratorium on both the request and execution of no-knock warrants in the City of Minneapolis. Credit: Mike Griffin via Storyful
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