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Cop Who Killed Amir Locke Will Not Be Charged ;Prosecutors

Prosecutors announced Wednesday that the Minneapolis police offi­cer who fatal­ly shot Amir Locke dur­ing a predawn, no-knock raid in February will not face charges in the killing.

Locke, a 22-year-old Black man, was shot and killed Feb. 2 as the Minneapolis Police SWAT team mem­bers exe­cut­ed a war­rant relat­ed to a homi­cide inves­ti­ga­tion in neigh­bor­ing St. Paul.

Body-cam­era video released by Minneapolis police shows Locke appar­ent­ly wak­ing up as SWAT offi­cers burst into the apart­ment, his body wrapped in a com­forter and a bright light in his face. As Locke shifts his body to sit up, a gun is seen in his hand. Locke did not live in the apart­ment where he was killed. It was rent­ed by the girl­friend of the old­er broth­er of Mekhi Speed, a sus­pect in the St. Paul homi­cide inves­ti­ga­tion. Speed and his moth­er, Cheryl Locke, lived in anoth­er apart­ment in the same build­ing, which was also searched by police in coör­di­nat­ed raids around the same time.

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