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Minnesota Now with Cathy Wurzer
Chris Farrell, Kelly Gordon and Melissa Townsend

Activists demand ban on no-knock warrants after Amir Locke's killing

Protesters call for justice for Amir Locke
More than 1,000 people march through downtown Minneapolis on Saturday in response to the police killing of Amir Locke three days earlier. Locke, a 22-year-old Black man, was killed by police while they executed a search warrant.
Nicole Neri for MPR News

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Amir Locke was killed nine seconds after Minneapolis police entered the apartment where he was staying with a no-knock search warrant.

Guest host Chris Farrell talked with DeRay Mckesson, a civil rights activist and host of the podcast "Pod Save the People" about efforts to get the city of Minneapolis to end no-knock warrants.

Farrell also checked in with Cynthia Wilson, the president of the Minneapolis NAACP.

Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.

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