Brooklyn Center settles lawsuit with former police chief who resigned after Wright shooting startribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from startribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Brooklyn Center has settled a lawsuit with a former police chief who sued the city, claiming he was forced to resign because he didn't immediately fire the officer who shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April 2021. Tim Gannon agreed to accept $55,000 to settle the suit in which he contended he was ousted in retaliation for protecting ex-officer Kimberly Potter and the procedural ...
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Nearly six years to the day after beloved St. Paul school cafeteria worker Philando Castile was fatally shot by a police officer during an otherwise routine traffic stop, Jayland Walker died in a hail of bullets fired by police officers in Akron, Ohio.
Policy changes would lead to changes in police culture, where a militarized “warrior” mentality has encouraged a destructive, authoritarian approach to policing.
Timeline of events from the deadly police shooting of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center on April 11 to the trial of former police officer Kim Potter on Nov. 30.
The Brooklyn Center City Council is expected to vote Monday on a plan to cut $1.2 million from the police budget to create new public safety departments.
(Brooklyn Center, MN) -- Changes are coming to how certain noncriminal calls are dealt with in Brooklyn Center after City Council passed a police reform resolution over the weekend. The initiative was named after Daunte Wright and Kobe Dimock-Heisler, who Mayor Mike Elliot says were robbed of their futures as they were both shot and killed by Brooklyn Center police. The resolution establishes an unarmed department full of social workers and medical teams that will respond to traffic stops, low-level violations and calls involving someone experiencing a mental health crisis.