i m looking at the monitor, and i can see your faces. you look stunned. what should we know about amir, and what should america know about this situation? amir was a good person. amir was becoming a great man. amir was loved by many. amir was kind-hearted. amir was thoughtful. amir was respectful. and most of all, amir was responsible. amir shouldn t have lost his life. amir never got the opportunity to see who took his life. when he was when he was
pentagon, and also now with homeland security. and he was amir s mentor. he talked to him all the time. he coached amir on proper safety of a weapon. we re not against police officers. we re just against accountability. i apologize, we re not against police officers. we just want accountability. we understand what you were saying. we get it. and we know that you guys are dealing with a lot right now. ben, i know that you have these families, this family s back, as you always do in these cases. let s talk about amir, he was asleep on the couch. someone bursts through his door screaming, and he s dead a second later. now police say amir was pointing a gun at them. but as you just heard, he was a legal gun owner, according to
search warrants, was apparently asleep when police came in. he s seen in a police video bundled in a blanket and hold ago gun. what s unclear at this stage is if he knew it was police who entered his apartment. police have released the body cam video. we want to warn you, this is disturbing, so if you don t want to watch it, please turn away. police search warrant, police search warrant. police search warrant. cnn s omar jimenez joins us now. omar, some people watch this say it s evidence that no knock warrants shouldn t be used. what more do we know about the circumstances of this? yeah, jim, well, just a few minutes ago we learned that minnesota attorney general keith ellison is now partnering with the county attorney to review the shooting of amir lock here, and this happened in the early
you can see along with an individual emerging from under the blanket the barrel of a gun. the involved officer was just outside the frame in the direction that barrel is emerging from the blanket. reporter: cnn has not been able to confirm where the officer is but as lock begins to stand, three shots. the officer had to make a split second decision to assess the circumstances and wlerm whether he felt like there was an articulable threat, that the threat was of imminent harm. reporter: lock s family says he was in legal possession of a firearm when shot. the family and their attorney criticized police procedure. no lawful gun owner could have survived this situation. this is the definition of no knock. in seven seconds. seven seconds. that s it. and amir had no choice. reporter: it is unclear if this particular breach was originally designated as a no knock warrant but attorneys also
. we have been watching a court hearing in michigan for the parents of the 17-year-old accused of killing four students at his michigan high school in november. his parents have been charged with involuntary manslaughter. just moments ago the prosecution called jennifer s boss, andrew smith, to the stand. who testified he was texting ethan s mother on the day of the shooting and one was about her son. and read, quote, he must be the shooter. meantime, students are set to walk out of clastoday to protest the police killing of amir lock. about an hour from now they will start their march to the governor s evidence. police executed a no-knock warrant. locke was not named on the warrant. police did release body cam images, they say, show locke with a gun.