Minnesota authorities have released images of police with a raid on a man’s home after officers shot and killed him last week amid cries that police officers were too aggressive while carrying out his search warrant.
The video, released Saturday by the Hennepin County Sheriff, shows officers involved in the “call and announce” search warrant at the home of 23-year-old Dolal Idd a few hours after he was killed and shot in a confrontation. with cops.
The images show cops arriving at Idd’s house around 2 a.m. Thursday, knocking on the door with drawn weapons and shouting, “Police! Search warrant Let me see your hands!”
Once inside, police gathered more than half a dozen people, including children, women and a man with his shirt off, the video shows.
“We have kids upstairs, we have kids,” one woman tells police. “We have a daughter downstairs, a 19-year-old daughter.”
Another woman asks, “Can you tell us something about what’s going on?”
One of the cops replies that an officer will explain everything.
“He’ll come talk to you in a second,” he says when the woman is agitated.
The search came as a result of Idd’s shooting death at a Minneapolis gas station around 5 p.m. Wednesday, after police said he fired first at officers.
Bodycam video of this incident shows Idd trying to get away from the police. He is cornered by three patrol vehicles and is seen holding an object that appears to be a weapon when police open fire.
Police said a weapon was later recovered at the scene.
But the subsequent raid on the home after the shooting of Idd, who was Somali, sparked concern among some community activists and elected officials.
“I see no respect for the family,” Minnesota state lawmaker Hodan Hassan told the nonprofit news site Sahan Journal. “I don’t see cultural sensitivity. And I don’t see compassion. ”
However, the sheriff’s office said it posted pictures of the police raid to show officers were behaving properly and humanely.
“According to his viewing of the video, the sheriff praised his deputies for their professionalism and said they acted appropriately, respectfully and followed the HCSO procedure for high-risk orders,” the office said in a statement.
Police did not recover any weapons in the house, but said there were likely reasons to believe there may be firearms in the house.
Idd’s shooting was the first death by police in Minneapolis since George Floyd’s death from police custody on May 25.