Shooting of Amir Locke

[89th]

In short, the police were executing a "no knock" warrant looking for a resident of the apartment. Amir (who was not part of the warrant) was a guest sleeping on the couch around 7am when the cops entered. Amir woke up holding his (legal/permitted) gun so he was shot and killed.

One could question why someone sleeps with a gun while staying in the apartment of a criminal/suspect. Still, it is a tragedy he was killed, obviously. I doubt the cops even had time to process his skin color even though I'm sure that'll be the narrative in the corporate press.

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[Jolly]

Don't like No Knock warrants.

[jon-nyc]

Agreed. In conjunction with common-law self defense doctrine it’s a disaster waiting to happen.

[Jolly]

Also, don't like the proliferation of SWAT. I think it's used far too often.