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To the editor: Michael Spahr’s letter of April 22 contained many statements that could be addressed, but I was especially struck by this one: “I do not believe in systemic racism. I believe if people would obey police orders they would all still be alive.” Here is a non-exhaustive list of people of color killed by police officers and the circumstances under which they were killed. Breona Taylor: asleep in her home when police arrived to execute a search warrant. In the subsequent incident, the unarmed woman was shot eight times. Alatiana Jefferson: an officer shot and killed her throu...

  The mother of a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by Minnesota police this week says it all started when police pulled her son over for having air fresheners hanging from his rearview mirror. How, some might ask, can air fresheners be the basis for a traffic stop? The answer: Minnesota is one of a number of states with laws that prohibit drivers from hanging objects from their rearview mirrors on the grounds that the items could obstruct their view. The laws have led to vehement complaints from civil rights advocates who say police can use them as a pretext for stopping Black m...

EXPLAINER: Can officers stop drivers for air fresheners? By DENISE LAVOIEApril 16, 2021 GMT FILE - In this April 13, 2021, file photo, demonstrators hang car air fresheners from a perimeter fence outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department to protest the shooting death of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Katie Wright, the mother of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by Minnesota police, says it all started when police pulled her son over for having air fresheners hanging from his rearview mirror. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) FILE - In this April 13, 2021,...

Minnesota is one of a number of states that prohibit drivers from hanging objects from their rearview mirrors because they can obstruct views.

Minnesota is one of a number of states that prohibit drivers from hanging objects from their rearview mirrors because they can obstruct views.