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The 22-year-old is being remembered during the funeral at Shiloh Temple International Ministries, where noted civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton delivered the eulogy.
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 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 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.
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.