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Protesters have been rioting and looting since former veteran Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter accidentally used her handgun to fatally shoot Daunte Wright, a black man, instead of using her taser. If Wright had been white, there likely would have been little to no protesting or publicity. Potter would have been disciplined and received a typical sentence for a fatal accident like that.  But because the victim was black, it’s been declared police racism and Potter is likely to get a long prison sentence. Afraid of saying otherwise, officials will chime in denouncing it as racism, ...

He calls for a “reimagining” of policing. Published 15 hours ago Written by BET Staff The killing of  20-year-old Daunte Wright has sparked protests all over the country. Now, former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have released a joint  statement.  "Our hearts are heavy over yet another shooting of a Black man, Daunte Wright, at the hands of police," the Obamas said in a statement. "The fact that this could happen even as the city of Minneapolis is going through the trial of Derek Chauvin and reliving the heart-wrenching murder of George Floyd indicates not just how importa...

Biden Doesn’t Agree With Democrat’s Call for Ending Police and Prisons: White House President Joe Biden’s administration said that it disagrees with a tweet from Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) who called for an end to “policing, incarceration, and militarization.” “That’s not the president’s view,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in response to a question about Tlaib’s comment. “The president’s view is that there are necessary outdated reforms that should be put in place, that there is accountability that needs to happen, that the loss of life is far too high,...