Minneapolis mayor halts no-knock entries after officer kills man in apartment

Amir Locke’s father Andre Locke speaks at the press conference, with Amir’s mother Karen Wells, on the left, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Minneapolis. Communities United Against Police Brutality held a press conference at City Hall to ask questions on police action related to the killing of Amir Locke. | Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis mayor imposed a moratorium on no-knock warrants Friday, two days after a SWAT team entered a downtown apartment and killed Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man who his parents said was “executed” after he was startled from a deep sleep and reached for a legal firearm to protect himself.

Mayor Jacob Frey said while the moratorium is in place, he and police leadership will review and revise department policy with the help of two experts who helped shape Breonna’s Law, the ban on no-knock warrants that was imposed in Louisville, Kentucky, following the death of Breonna Taylor in a botched raid at her home in 2020.