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- What happened to Amir Locke?
The Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Amir Locke during a 2022 no-knock raid has been reassigned from his role leading the department’s use-of-force training.
Minneapolis officer Mark Hanneman reassigned
Sgt. Mark Hanneman, who was promoted to lead the training unit in September 2022, will now serve in the department’s newly formed Wellness Unit, Police Chief Brian O’Hara MPR News reports.
Following the backlash, Mayor Jacob Frey and Community Safety Commissioner Todd Barnette reportedly made the decision citing the impact on community trust.
“We have been working relentlessly to reform our policing practices while repairing community relationships,” O’Hara said. “We can’t afford to have anything distract from that progress.”
What happened to Amir Locke?
Locke, a 22-year-old Black man who was not a target in the homicide investigation, was asleep on a couch when officers raided the apartment…