Family and friends mourn Amir Locke at Minneapolis funeral after he was killed by police executing a no knock warrant (CNN)Members of the Minneapolis community gathered Thursday to honor the life of Amir Locke. a 22 year old Black man whose killing at the hands of police during the execution of a no knock warrant has reignited debate around the controversial practice. Locke's mother. Karen Wells. reiterated her family's request to pass a law to do away with no knock warrants in her eulogy at her son's funeral. 'At the end of the day you are going to pass the law of the no knock warrants. ban it starting here in the Twin Cities where my son was born and raised.' Wells said. Ben Crump. an attorney for the Locke family. also called out Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for not banning no knock warrants. 'If you would have followed your ban on no knock warrants like you said. let's be clear. Amir Locke would still be here.' Crump said. CNN reported in November that Jacob and then police chief Medaria Arradondo announced they were instituting a policy that required officers to announce their presence and purpose before entering a building. except in special circumstances. At the end of the service. Amir's father. Andre Locke. said he was broken and called on Minneapolis police to 'do what's right' and to stop 'hiding behind the blue.' Police shot and killed Locke February 2 in a Minneapolis apartment while they executed a warrant in which he wasn't named. and that didn't require police to knock and give any occupant a chance to open the door. A brief body camera video of Locke's shooting shows an officer quietly sliding a key into the apartment's door. After the door opens. a group of officers barge in. yelling commands. Locke. who appeared to be sleeping. gets up holding a gun his family said he legally owned. Police then opened fire. Locke's parents have asked President Joe Biden to advocate for a national ban on such warrants in the name of their son. This week. a division of Minneapolis' Civil Rights Department announced it is leading a 'special review' of the police department's no knock warrant policy. The Office of Police Conduct Review will 'focus on identifying and recommending specific changes and improvements to departmental policy and procedures.' the city said in a news release. 'This important review will complement our engagement with external experts to provide needed clarity around the impacts of these policies for both community and officers.' Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said. Meanwhile. the officer who shot Locke. Mark Hanneman. has been placed on routine administrative leave pending an ongoing state investigation. During the raid that killed Locke. Minneapolis police were looking for suspects including Locke's teenage cousin and e ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvWEoRAqY3U

An Avalanche. a 50 Foot Drop —Then. a Miracle (Newser) – A skier triggered an avalanche in Colorado on Sunday that carried him 200 to 300 feet. including a drop off a 50 foot cliff—but miraculously. he survived. Authorities say the skier and his mother had to rappel down into the chute they were skiing in Loveland Pass on Saturday. and after rappelling. a piece of their gear did not release correctly. They went back for it Sunday and the son cut across a steep slope on the ridge to get to it. CNN reports. The avalanche was triggered. and 10 minutes later. the mother. who had stayed behind. found her son buried up to his waist in snow. The Summit County Rescue Group responded to the scene. but the mother and son were able to ski out on their own. which the SCRG said was 'incredible.' the Denver Post reports. The son did suffer some minor injuries. Experts say skiers should know how to evaluate slope angles. as avalanche risk is highest on slopes that are between 30 and 45 degrees. They also say this appears to have been a case of what is called a 'terrain trap.' Per Avalanche.org. that's when 'a sharply concave part of the runout such as a gully. an abrupt transition. or a crevasse' can cause avalanche debris to pile up deeply. (Read more Colorado stories.) #Sports ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUnHoxz22Gs