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Diabierna 11 Februari 2022
Celebracion di Bida
Na honor di
Sr. Luis Beltran Ras,
Mihor conoci como “Beltran”
*10-10-1924 – †03-02-2022
Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia despues.
“Dios ta amor... y amor ta Dios,
maske mi no ta na e mundo aki, tur dia lo mi ta
banda
di boso Curazon, mi por stens di loke Señor ta
hasi”
Salmo 33
Cu dolor na nos curason, nos ta participa
fayecimento di nos ser stima:
Vivian E. Tromp
*08-05-1961 - †09-02-2022
Acto di despedida lo wordo anuncia despues
Cop safety cited in no-knock warrant ahead of
Locke’s death
(AP) — Authorities searching
the Minneapolis apartment
where Amir Locke was killed
by a SWAT team member
said a no-knock search war-
rant was necessary to protect
the public and officers as
they looked for guns, drugs
and clothing worn by people
suspected in a violent mur-
der, according to documents
made public Thursday.
The applications for the search
warrants executed at the apart-
ment complex on Feb. 2 were re-
leased after numerous requests.
Although some names are re-
dacted, Minneapolis police have the warrant more safely by al- Minneapolis police say Locke
said the 22-year-old Locke, who lowing officers to make entry was shot after he pointed his gun
was Black, was not named in the into the apartment without alert- in the direction of officers, but
warrants. Locke’s 17-year-old ing the suspects inside. This will Locke’s family has questioned
cousin, Mekhi Camden Speed, not only increase officer safety, that.
was named and was arrested but it will also decrease the risk
this week and charged with two for injuries to the suspects and Locke’s death has sparked pro-
counts of second-degree mur- other residents nearby.” tests and an immediate reex-
der. amination of no-knock arrest
Locke was killed seconds af- warrants. Minneapolis Mayor
In the search warrant applica- ter the SWAT team entered the Jacob Frey last week announced
tions, St. Paul police Officer apartment where his family said a moratorium on such warrants
Daniel Zebro asked that offi- he was staying. Body camera while the city brings in outside
cers be allowed to conduct the video shows an officer using a experts to study its policy. Some
search without knocking, and key to unlock the door and enter, state lawmakers are pushing for a
outside the hours of 7 a.m. and followed by at least four officers statewide ban except in rare cir-
8 p.m., because the suspects be- in uniform and protective vests, cumstances.
ing sought in the Jan. 10 murder time-stamped at about 6:48 a.m.
of Otis Elder had a history of As they enter, they repeatedly The search warrants were car-
violence. Zebro also noted that shout, “Police, search warrant!” ried out as part of an investiga-
Elder was killed with a .223 cali- They also shout “Hands!” and tion into Elder’s death. Elder, a
ber firearm, which he said could “Get on the ground!” 38-year-old father, was found
pierce body armor. shot and laying in the street on
The video shows an officer kick- Jan. 10 in what police believe
“.223 Caliber rifle rounds can ing a sectional sofa, and Locke was an apparent robbery. Drugs
penetrate police body armor,” is seen wrapped in a comforter, and money were found in El-
Zebro wrote. “A no-knock war- holding a pistol. Three shots are der’s SUV, according to court
rant enables officers to execute heard and the video ends. documents.
Palin calls New York Times the ‘Goliath’ in libel dispute
(AP) — Former Alaska In the editorial, the Times wrote
Gov. Sarah Palin told a jury that before the 2011 mass shoot-
Thursday she felt like she ing in Arizona that severely
was at the mercy of a “Goli- wounded former U.S. Rep.
ath” when she first learned a Gabby Giffords and killed six
2017 New York Times edito- others, Palin’s political action
rial suggested her campaign committee had contributed to an
rhetoric helped incite a mass atmosphere of violence by circu-
shooting. lating a map of electoral districts
that put Giffords and 19 other
Palin used her second day on Democrats under stylized cross-
witness stand to accuse the hairs.
Times of deliberately fabricat-
ing lies that hurt her reputation On Thursday, Palin said her view
— the basis of a lawsuit accusing was, “The New York Times,
the newspaper of libel that has the be all and end all, the loud
resulted in a trial in federal court mentator and consultant with voice in the media, had … taken
in Manhattan. the editorial about gun control a knee-jerk reaction and tried to
published after U.S. Rep. Steve score political points, trying to
Palin sued the Times for un- Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, politicize horrific violence.”
specified damages in 2017, about was wounded when a man with
a decade after she burst onto the a history of anti-GOP activity A contrite Bennet testified
national stage as the Republican opened fire on a Congressional Wednesday that he botched the
vice-presidential nominee. She baseball team practice in Wash- edit - “I’ve regretted it pretty
alleged the newspaper had dam- ington. much every day since” - but
aged her career as a political com- meant no harm.