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Minneapolis prosecutors announced Wednesday that they do not plan to file charges against a police officer who shot and killed a legally armed man during a no-knock raid in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amir Locke died of gunshot wounds inflicted by officer Mark Hanneman, who was part of a team investigating a homicide in nearby St. Paul. Locke was not the subject of the warrant, but in bodycam footage released shortly after the incident, Locke can be seen holding a handgun as he wakes up from sleeping on a couch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He possessed the gun legally, and his mother said he purchased it to protect himself in the course of his work and in response to rising crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy son was protecting himself, thinking he had to protect himself from all the crime that is out of control, Mayor Frey, the mayor of Minneapolis, that you can\u2019t control,\u201d she said. \u201cSo my son decided that if he\u2019s going to go back and forth and do Instacart and DoorDash, he needed to bear arms, the legal way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hanneman told investigators that he feared for his life when he saw Locke\u2019s gun, and that he had acted quickly because he felt his life was in jeopardy. While Hennepin County Attorney Michael Freeman described Locke\u2019s death as a \u201ctragedy,\u201d he concluded that there was insufficient evidence to prove that Hanneman violated any of the state\u2019s use of force statutes.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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SEE ALSO: Former Miami Police Chief Reviews Footage of Florida Highway Shooting<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Legal experts acknowledged from the start that charges were unlikely, but the incident has given anti-gun pundits and politicians another excuse to accuse the Second Amendment community of racism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Where [are] the Second Amendment supporters for Black people who have a right to bear arms?” attorney Benjamin Crump said<\/a> at a news conference in New York City alongside Locke’s mother. “Where is the NRA? They should be outraged.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Rifle Association (NRA) has remained silent on the incident, but many other Second Amendment groups and individuals have spoken out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the investigation was still in its early stages, Gun Owners of America expressed \u201cconcern\u201d<\/a> about the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile the video does appear to show he had a firearm in hand, that is not an unwarranted action on someone\u2019s part when they\u2019re woken up in the middle of the night to loud shouting,\u201d the group pointed out. \u201cNot to mention the fact that we have seen other cases where home invaders pose as police to get the upper hand on their intended victims.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus also noted that Locke was simply exercising his Second Amendment rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Illinois Police Officer Begged for Her Life Before Being Shot with Her Own Gun<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMr. Locke did what many of us might do in the same confusing circumstances, he reached for a legal means of self-defense while he sought to understand what was happening,\u201d said<\/a> Rob Doar, who works in the group’s government affairs office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing for the libertarian magazine, Reason<\/em>, Bill Binion argued<\/a> that \u201canyone who cares about gun rights\u201d should be \u201cincensed\u201d about Locke\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLocke’s scenario should bother just about anyone who supports the right to carry a firearm,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Second Amendment does not discriminate, nor does it evaporate as soon as the government enters the premises, particularly when considering that the Founding impetus behind it was to protect against a tyrannical state.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response to Locke’s death, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has banned the use of no-knock warrants in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Locke\u2019s family and their attorneys say they plan to pursue the case in civil court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In light of this tragedy, what is your opinion of no-knock raids? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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