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Hannah Yang

Man killed by Minneapolis police was law-abiding, parents say

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The parents of a man killed in an early morning police raid in downtown Minneapolis Wednesday say officers gave their son no chance to survive the encounter. 22-year-old Amir Locke — who was Black — is seen on body camera video stirring from underneath a blanket and holding a handgun as a SWAT team enters the apartment where he was staying. This is the evening MPR News update for Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. Hosted by Hannah Yang. Theme music by Gary Meister.