The Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Amir Locke during a no-knock raid in 2022 is the instructor responsible for leading the police department’s use-of-force training, the police department confirmed.
Police chief Brian O’Hara said Sgt. Mark Hanneman, who’s been with MPD for nearly a decade, is an “outstanding” trainer committed to bringing positive change to MPD. But Locke’s family and other community members say nothing justifies placing the officer who shot and killed a 22-year-old Black man at the helm of use-of-force training.
They say it calls into question the department’s commitment to reform and repairing trust after the police murder of George Floyd.
“If Hanneman is one of the best officers to become a training officer, why is my son Amir Locke not here?” said Karen Wells, Amir Locke’s mother. “They show they don’t care. They show that this is our culture.”…