The Brief
- The Minneapolis Police Department reassigned the officer who fatally shot Amir Locke during a no-knock raid in 2022.
- Sergeant Mark Hanneman was moved from the department’s training unit to the department’s wellness unit.
- The reassignment happened after local activists spoke against Hanneman training officers on use-of-force tactics.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Amir Locke in 2022 will no longer serve in the department’s training unit after backlash from local activists.
Officer Mark Hanneman will now work in the department’s wellness unit, where officials say he will support officer health and well-being through peer support programs and wellness resources.
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office declined to charge Officer Hanneman, saying there was “insufficient admissible evidence” to file criminal charges in the case.…