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Liberian-Born Mayor Making a Difference –Showing Leadership in Crisis Liberian-Born Mayor Making a Difference –Showing Leadership in Crisis Mayor Mike Elliott “But I want to say that our hearts are aching right now. We are in pain right now, and we recognize that this couldn’t have happened at a worst time. We recognize that this is happening at a time when our community, when all of America; indeed, all of the world is watching our community. That we are all collectively devastated. And we have been for over a year now, by the killing of George Floyd. And that we continue to b...

Print this article Mike Elliott, the mayor of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, has been thrown into the spotlight following the police shooting of Daunte Wright. Elliott, 36, took office in 2019, becoming the city's first mayor of color. He ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2014, losing to the incumbent, Tim Willson, by 145 votes. The two went up against each other four years later, and Elliott won by close to 1,000 votes, according to CCX Media. Elliot and his family immigrated from Liberia to Minnesota when he was 11 years old. He attended Palmer Lake Elementary and Brooklyn Center Jr./Sr. High...