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Someone over in the mist of a global pandemic for something so petty? and instead of treating daunte wright like a human being, we saw that he was gunned down, ultimately, by kim potter. i think the jury made the right decision in this case and we are elevating that there will be a cut —— celebrating that there will be accountability, yet morning for the family of daunte wright, who will have a empty chair at the holidays. for the second year, this will be a powerful reminder, wont it? at le...

Im joined now by minnesota attorney and socialjustice activist nikema levy armstrong. nikema, thank you very much for being with us on bbc news. weve spoken you —— to you about this case and others. the issue with this case, it was not delivered act, says the prosecution, negligence — she made a mistake, she clearly was not intending to kill daunte wright. nonetheless he lay dead moments later. �* , ,., , nonetheless he lay dead moments later. �* , , ., nonetheless he lay dead moments ...

Statement helps her case, but thats what a lot of us were thinking in the first place. why in the midst of a pandemic would the law enforcement hone in only someone with an air freshener hanging on their mirror, and why would we worry about expired tabs when we know many of us had expired tabs. that should not have been a priority for the brooklyn center police department. it was almost as if they were doing an experiment and daunte wright was in the wrong place at the wrong time and he bore the...

Statement helps her case, but thats what a lot of us were thinking in the first place. why in the midst of a pandemic would the law enforcement hone in only someone with an air fresh inner hanging on his mirror or with expired tabs when many of us had expired tabs. that should not have been a priority for the brooklyn center police department. it was almost as if they were doing an experiment and daunte wright was in the wrong place at the wrong time and he bore the brunt of that experiment also...

Im joined now by nekima levy armstrong, attorney and civiljustice activist, former naacp president for minneapolis thank you very much for coming on the programme. this case led to several days of protest in minneapolis, and it reignited a conversation about traffic stops and the excessive use of force against people of colour. i imagine those arguments are going to be centre stage in this trial.— stage in this trial. well, i know that those _ stage in this trial. well, i know that those argum...

>> its something that our staff is used to profiling with. a lot of individuals have been gone through our seg gated. one was a joouf mile and is not loud to be around adults. and the male and female populations are separated. >> in a hypothetical, what would have been the protocol that the police get that is hofollowed? >> well, in a school and school district has one of my japanese as a school resource officer, who is in that schooler inially con constantly. my triggers would have activated if...

>> the show started off as pretty silly. but one of the tricky things about a show lasting for a really long time is that attitudes change. and in this case, there was no version of telling a bunch of stories about a police precinct that could run from all of the issues about policing that the whole country is talking about. >> i got stopped by a cop last night. >> stopped for what? >> stopped for walking. >> that makes zero sense, unless -- >> what are you doing? >> i live here. >> put your han...

Black friday has nothing to do with race? >> no one what it means makes me think this isnt something that is actually offensive. carley: the host a reality check with david smith, the reason they were asked the question, they were responding to a chicago tribune article right here, talk that black friday should be renamed so it is not discriminating and profiling against black people, one persons opinion published in the chicago tribune and you heard the responses. >> lets go back a little bit m...

If they do, their racial profiling or overusing their power. their power is to protect us as law-abiding citizens and take the criminals to jail. they dont have the power to do that. >> tomi: its a big part of the problem especially in places like california. the officers are demoralized. they have to look at the race of the suspect did a sites are going to make an action because they dont want to be labeled racist if that person happens to be of color. we went through an entire summer 2020 wher...

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