Mother of Amir Locke, Black man fatally shot by Minneapolis police: "He will get justice"
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Attorneys for the family of Amir Locke, a Black man who was shot and killed by Minneapolis police this week as they executed a no-knock search warrant, called the death of the 22-year-old an unconscionable mistake on behalf of the city, particularly as Minnesota was one of many states that pledged to reduce or outright ban no-knock warrants after the death of Breonna Taylor in 2021.
"If we've learned anything from Breonna Taylor, it's that we know no-knock warrants have deadly consequences for Black American citizens," attorney Ben Crump said Friday.
Public information documents confirmed that Officer Mark Hanneman fatally shot Locke Wednesday morning, CBS Minneapolis reports, adding that police said a loaded handgun was recovered at the scene. A report released Friday from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office listed Locke's cause of death as homicide from multiple gunshot wounds.
Two climbers were waiting to be rescued near the peak of Denali, a colossal mountain that towers over miles of vast tundra in southern Alaska, officials said Wednesday. Originally part of a three-person team that became stranded near the top of the mountain, the climbers put out a distress call more than 30 hours earlier suggesting they were hypothermic and unable to descend on their own, according to the National Park Service.
There's no making up for what Olympic hurdler Lashinda Demus lost on the day she finished .07 seconds behind a Russian opponent who, everyone later learned, was doping. What the American 400-meter hurdles champion will finally receive is a great day under the Eiffel Tower where she'll be presented with the gold medal she was denied 12 years ago at the London Olympics.