The Brooklyn Center mayor and families impacted by police violence are pushing for swift action to reimagine public safety, but police unions are urging city leaders to take time to reconsider some of the proposals.
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The Minnesota Department of Health says the number of people getting their COVID-19 vaccines has gone down dramatically in recent weeks. At the same time, they’re noticing an increase in new cases.
Some physicians at Mayo Clinic are worried about what’s to come if more people don’t get the COVID-19 vaccine.
“We will continue to see variants, we will continue to see hospitalizations and deaths and interruptions in the way we would like to all live our lives until we have control over this virus, which will only happen through large, widespread vaccinations,” said Dr. Gregory Poland, director of Mayo Clinic’s vaccine research group.
Daily Beast: The lights of an apartment complex named after a former Ku Klux Klan member shone just beyond the clouds of tear gas used to disperse protesters outside police headquarters in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, after an unarmed 20-year-old Black man was fatally shot during a traffic stop on Sunday.
Kim Potter killed Daunte Wright. She s also Brooklyn Central s Police Union President. https://t.co/ibCAgTX7MU Zakir Khan (@ZakirSpeaks) April 13, 2021
The KKK member was Earle Brown, on whose farm the city of Brooklyn Center was founded back in 1911. Along with the Earle Brown Farm Apartments, there is the Earle Brown Heritage Center and Earle Brown Tower, and Earle Brown Drive.
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