Sharpton: Without no-knock warrant, Locke would be alive

By MOHAMED IBRAHIM and AMY FORLITI
Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton told the hundreds gathered for Amir Locke’s funeral that the 22-year-old Black man would still be alive if Minneapolis had banned no-knock warrants. Sharpton was among several speakers who paid tribute to Locke and other Black people who have died in encounters with police. Along with song and prayer, the service included strong condemnations of racism in policing and emphatic demands for change. Locke was killed Feb. 2 after police carried out a no-knock search warrant in the apartment where he was staying. He had a gun and police said he pointed it at them, but his family questions that.