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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright will be

It was the third time in less than two years that Sharpton spoke at the funeral of a Black man killed by police in the Minneapolis area.

The midday funeral service was preceded with a viewing of Locke's open ivory casket that was draped with dozens of red roses on top. Gov. Tim Walz was among the many who walked to the casket's edge and viewed Locke's body.

The funeral for Amir Locke, the 22-year-old Black man who was shot by Minneapolis police executing a search warrant, will be held Thursday in the church that hosted Daunte Wright's funeral last April.

By Brad Parks, CNN Prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter to more than seven years in prison for

Amir Locke, the 22-year-old Black man shot dead by cops who startled him awake on a couch while executing a no-knock search warrant for someone else, will be memorialized on Thursday with a public viewing and a funeral.

State prosecutors have changed their position on seeking an upward sentencing departure for Kim Potter.

I think it’s really twofold. It’s the amount of violent crime in that area and on the freeway as well as the ridiculous speeds that we see.

I think it’s really twofold. It’s the amount of violent crime in that area and on the freeway as well as the ridiculous speeds that we see.

She is scheduled to be sentenced Friday.