2022-02-07: News Headlines

Otha Hernandez (2022-02-07). More than 1,000 protesters demand justice for Amir Locke in Minneapolis. liberationnews.org In the early morning hours of Feb. 2, members of the Minneapolis Police Department executed a no-knock, pre-dawn warrant in the downtown Minneapolis apartment unit where Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man, was sleeping. Within nine seconds Amir Locke would be killed.

Fight Back (2022-02-07). 5000 in Minneapolis protest police murder of Black man in no-knock warrant. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Around 5000 people marched in protest here February 5, to demand justice for Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man murdered by police on February 2. Police were carrying out a no-knock search warrant on the apartment where Locke was sleeping and shot him three times, nine seconds after they snuck open the door. Protesters demand jail, prosecution and murder charges for the officer who shot Amir and those who planned the raid; an end to no-knock warrants; and the resignation of the Minneapolis Police Chief Huffington and Mayor Frey. | There have been multiple protests since the murder of Amir Lock…

Stephen W Enciso (2022-02-07). 'Black lives matter' say detained youth from inside Don Dale isolation block. greenleft.org.au Activists are continuing to keep up the pressure on the NT government to close the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre. Stephen W Enciso reports.

deweylaura (2022-02-07). Amir Locke: Another Black man murdered by Minneapolis police. cpusa.org At 7 a.m. local time on Thursday February 3, 2022, Minneapolis SWAT executed a no-knock warrant and entered the apartment where Amir Locke, 22, was sleeping on a couch. As captured on body cams, Officer Mark Hanneman shot Locke three times within nine seconds of entry into the apartment. Locke was not the target …

sputniknews (2022-02-07). Ottawa Police Arrest Seven People at Freedom Convoy Protest, Seize Vehicles and Fuel. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – At least seven people were arrested in Ottawa during the Sunday "Freedom Convoy" demonstrations and multiple vehicles and fuel were seized, the city police said.

_____ (2022-02-06). SWAT Officers Involved In Locke Killing Have Violent, Checkered Past. popularresistance.org Amir Locke was a 22-year-old registered gun owner with no criminal record. He was killed before 7 a.m. on February 2, 2020, when SWAT officers with the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) executed a no-knock search warrant for the St. Paul Police who were doing a homicide investigation. | Body camera footage showing the killing was released the next day. It showed a SWAT unit of police enter a downtown Minneapolis apartment with a key, shout "police search warrant," kick a couch that Locke was sleeping in a blanket on, and kill him within two seconds. Locke had a handgun next to him as he was sleeping and rolled…

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-02-06). Hundreds in Minneapolis protest police killing of Black man. en.mehrnews.com Hundreds of community members and activists gathered outside the Hennepin County Government Center Saturday afternoon for a protest following the shooting death of Amir Locke by the Minneapolis police on Wednesday.

_____ (2022-02-06). Student Granted Bail After Protesters Threaten To Render Kingdom 'Ungovernable'. popularresistance.org A court in the city of Manzini granted bail to Colani Maseko, the president of Swaziland National Union of Students (SNUS) on Friday, February 4. The student leader had been arrested on January 31 and charged with sedition. | His bail came a day after the SNUS marched to the Manzini regional police headquarters and held a demonstration on February 3. A cross section of Swaziland's pro-democracy forces, including the banned political parties, trade unions, and youth organizations, attended the action. | Outside the police headquarters, protesters at the demonstration openly threatened to render the kingdom "ungove…

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