MINNEAPOLIS – The parents of Amir Locke and their attorneys say the Black man was “executed” by a Minneapolis SWAT team that woke him from a deep sleep and that he reached in confusion for a legal firearm to protect himself.
Locke’s parents, Andre Locke and Karen Wells, described him Friday as respectful to the police and said they coached him on acting with officers.
Police released body camera footage on Thursday that shows the SWAT team officers entering a downtown apartment and shooting the 22-year-old man wrapped in a comforter on a sofa and had a gun in his hand.
