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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 567 - The Brutal Police Execution of Amir Locke

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

You wouldn't know it from the lack of mentions on social media or in the news, but police violence today is as big a crisis as it was in 2020 and its latest victim was a brilliant young brother named Amir Locke - who was shot and killed within seconds in a no knock raid as he awoke from sleep and struggled to get out from under the covers.

Amir was not wanted for a crime. He was not a suspect. He did not break the law. But police did not give Amir enough time for him to even process a coherent thought before they murdered him - still wrapped in blankets and sheets.

Already, police have attempted to blame the fact that Amir had a gun, but Amir was a licensed, trained gun owner. What we know is that gun ownership, and all of the laws protecting gun owners, are very much about protecting WHITE gun owners.

Let me unpack and explain what we know so far.

Transcript

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Even though you'd be hard pressed to find any articles about police brutality in your local newspaper

0:37.0

or in the biggest national newspapers or media sources, it's very real and it's happening right now.

0:45.0

We just learned of the brutal execution, and that's exactly what it was,

0:51.0

of a beautiful brilliant young brother named Amir Locke.

0:55.0

I spoke to his mother Karen yesterday, and she was on her way from Texas to Minneapolis to see about her son.

1:04.0

Let me unpack and explain it, tell you what we know, and tell you what we can do.

1:09.0

This is Sean King, and you are listening to...

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The Break Down.

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The Break Down.

1:30.0

Late this past Wednesday, I got a direct message from a friend of mine who was a brilliant activist on the ground in Minneapolis.

1:39.0

I got a DM from him saying that a man had just been shot and killed by the Minneapolis police.

1:47.0

And within maybe about two hours, I got another direct message saying it was, of course, a black man.

1:56.0

Black men are disproportionately killed by the Minneapolis police and are disproportionately killed by all police in all states across America.

2:06.0

Black men are not given patience, time, critical thinking, investigations.

2:14.0

It's a fast moving enterprise in any encounter with black men, particularly violent encounters with black men.

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