Police shoot and kill another black man in Minneapolis, Amir Locke

[crimson5pheonix]

After Minneapolis moved to stop no-knock warrants to prevent tragedies like this, MPD goes out of their way to get a no-knock warrant and execute it, murdering someone who amounts to a bystander in all this after kicking him out of bed and shooting him.

 

[Generals]

Aaah, no knock warrants are actually lockpick and shoot warrants? That's a rather weird concept I am happy we don't have

 

[Cheetodust]

... I very regret watching that. Fuck those cops. Fuck cops. Fuck America.

 

[tippy2k2]

If they knock, they might not get the chance to shoot someone! Look at the MPDs face and tell them that they don't get to execute a sleeping man...

 

[bluegate]

USA USA USA!

Numbaah waaan! Whoo!

 

[Buyetyen]

Adding "sleeping" to the list of things black people can't do in the US without getting murdered by cops. It's a long list.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

 

[Agema]

So their press conferences are as poorly controlled as their policing operations?

I guess they are consistent at least.

 

[SilentPony]

Its fine guys. We'll just ban schools from teaching that this happened, and pass laws allowing parents to sue teachers if their child learns some icky and forbidden. And burn a few books written by gays and Jews while we're at it, just to be safe.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Obviously he was selling loose cigarettes or holding a toy gun or wallet or acting suspicious or looking suspicious or smelling suspicious or... look, until black people stop being so dang scary, police need to be able to defend my irrational fears themselves!

 

[Seanchaidh]

You should be able to gun down any number of cops that enter your home without at least announcing themselves. Morally speaking.

Adding "sleeping" to the list of things black people can't do in the US without getting murdered by cops. It's a long list.

Breonna Taylor and now Amir Locke, yep

 

[Thaluikhain]

You should be able to gun down any number of cops that enter your home without at least announcing themselves. Morally speaking.

A few years ago in Texas a judge agreed with that, IIRC. I believe the civilian was white, of course.

Though, in that case I think they were supposed to identify themselves as police, but didn't, so it was a procedural thing as well.

 

[Seanchaidh]

A few years ago in Texas a judge agreed with that, IIRC. I believe the civilian was white, of course.

Though, in that case I think they were supposed to identify themselves as police, but didn't, so it was a procedural thing as well.

a "no-knock warrant" is essentially a declaration of war against whoever inhabits the place to be "searched".

 

[Seanchaidh]

because of course

 

[crimson5pheonix]

2 SWAT team members involved in Jaleel Stallings case were part of Locke raid • Minnesota Reformer

Two of the officers on a SWAT team that was caught on body camera video firing at citizens without warning from an unmarked cargo van just days after George Floyd’s police killing were involved in the raid that led to Amir Locke’s police killing Wednesday morning.

minnesotareformer.com

Of course of course.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

because of course

White people have to carry guns so that they can easily kill black people! It's not fair if the black people have guns too!

 

[Buyetyen]

because of course

"He lived by the gun, he died by the gun." Says a guy who owns a weapons store. I guess that makes it okay if he gets shot someday?

 

[SilentPony]

"He lived by the gun, he died by the gun." Says a guy who owns a weapons store. I guess that makes it okay if he gets shot someday?

Oh no, he's white. Brown people "own guns" and commit gun violence. White people don't "own guns", they nobbily and patriotically take advantage of their second amendment rights and participate in second amendment remedies.

 

[tippy2k2]

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

The fact that the NRA doesn't react to black gun owners getting killed by police is the reason that they're a racist organization rather than a legitimate gun rights organization.