Minnesota mayor blasts police tactics to control protesters Photo: AP. Nevaeh Gibson inspects a two-layer fenced perimeter around the Brooklyn Center Police Department during a protest in response to the shooting death of Daunte Wright, Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) By TODD RICHMOND and MOHAMED IBRAHIM Updated: April 16, 2021 01:20 PM Created: April 16, 2021 11:50 AM
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) - Elected leaders in the Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright want officers to scale back their tactics amid nightly protests, leaving some law enforcement called in to assist asking whether the city still wants their help.
Brooklyn Center mayor blasts police tactics to control protesters Photo: AP Photo/John Minchillo. Justice 4 Daunte is projected onto a residence as people take part in a protest near the Brooklyn Center Police Department over Sunday s fatal shooting of Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Associated Press Created: April 16, 2021 12:37 PM
Elected leaders in the Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright want officers to scale back their tactics amid nightly protests, leaving some law enforcement called in to assist asking whether the city still wants their help.
Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered outside the heavily guarded Brooklyn Center police station every night since former Officer Kim Potter, who is white, shot the 20-year-old Black motorist during a traffic stop on Sunday. Protesters have shouted profanities and at times shaken a security fenc
The request to reopen the inquiry into Tamir’s shooting comes against the backdrop of Officer Chauvin’s ongoing murder trial, the recent fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright in a Minneapolis suburb, and newly released police body camera footage of an officer in Chicago shooting a 13-year-old boy after he discarded a gun and seemed to be raising his hands.
The letter to Mr. Garland also comes after he and Mr. Biden have vowed to use the powers of the federal government to fight racial injustice, with a focus on discriminatory policing practices.
“We extend our deepest condolences to the Rice family,” a Justice Department spokesman, Anthony D. Coley, said on Friday. “The department has received their letter and will be reviewing it.”
Elected leaders in the Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright want officers to scale back their tactics amid nightly protests, leaving some law enforcement called in to assist asking whether the city still wants their help.
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