Minneapolis, MN - Following the reported incident of police shooting and killing Amir Locke in a Minneapolis apartment building on Wednesday, February 2, the members of the Minneapolis delegation in the Minnesota House of Representatives sent a letter to Mayor Jacob Frey and Interim Police Chief Amelia Huffman, calling for the public release of police body camera footage.
These past few years have been difficult on the Minneapolis community due to strained relations and lack of trust between the community and the Minneapolis Police Department,” the delegation stated in the letter. “We believe that one path to establishing trust between the police department and the community is greater transparency and accountability of police actions. Releasing the bodycam footage of this event, allowing the public to see actions of both officers and Mr. Locke, is essential.
The signatories of the letter, all members of the DFL, include Rep. Fue Lee (59A), Rep. Esther Agbaje (59B), Rep. Sydney Jordan (60A), Rep. Mohamud Noor (60B), Rep. Frank Hornstein (61A), Rep. Jamie Long (61B), Rep. Hodan Hassan (62A), Rep. Aisha Gomez (62B), Rep. Jim Davnie (63A), and Rep. Emma Greenman (63B).
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