MINNEAPOLIS — Across Minneapolis, the sense of deja vu was palpable.
Three days after a Minneapolis police officer fatally shot 22-year-old Amir Locke while executing an unrelated search warrant, the city found itself once again mired in a bitter conversation about race, policing and no-knock warrants. The moment — the grieving, the outrage, the questions — exacerbated feelings of dread and exhaustion in a place that has been trying to rebuild and reform itself since the police killing of George Floyd in 2020.
"It's just so tragic and unnecessary and continues to happen," said Allison Schutte of Plymouth, who bundled up with her husband and three young children for a Saturday afternoon protest of Locke's death in the bitter cold.
