Community groups are challenging the Minneapolis Police Department over their choice to promote the officer who shot and killed Amir Locke.
The quiet promotion of Officer Mark Hanneman in September of 2022 to sergeant overseeing use-of-force training recently sparked controversy, given the department’s ongoing consent decree aimed at cultural reform with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights.
Some community members gathered Tuesday now demanding Hanneman’s immediate removal and an explanation for the promotion from Mayor Jacob Frey…