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Daunte Wright s killing resonates in Duluth: We will not give up The local NAACP reissued its demands for Duluth Police Department reform. April 14, 2021 8:28pm Text size Copy shortlink:
DULUTH – Nearly 150 people filled a downtown street Wednesday to protest the police killing of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center as refrains of No justice, no peace and Black lives matter pierced an otherwise quiet afternoon. We re being told by police, Put your hands up and you re still killing us, organizer Lamarquita Leach said. There s so much in the system that needs to change. We d have to start a whole new system.
The crowd marched to City Hall from the Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial, the site where in 1920 a white mob lynched three Black men on false accusations of rape. Since the death of George Floyd last year, the memorial has become a gathering place for those seeking social justice.
The commission is holding a listening session at 6 p.m. Wednesday over Zoom. Anyone can attend. Written By: Andee Erickson | ×
With other members of the Duluth Human Rights Commission behind her, commission chairwoman Bettina Keppers speaks at the Tuesday, April 13, 2021, news conference on police violence outside Duluth City Hall. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
Two days after a Brooklyn Center police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright, the city of Duluth s Human Rights Commission is calling on the community to listen to and validate Black, Indigenous and people of color when they speak about their experiences. If we choose to not listen to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color) folks sharing their experiences and trusting their truth, we are choosing the side of the oppressor, said Bettina Keppers, chairperson of the committee. We are actively allowing a system built on racialized violence to continue to tear apart our communities and our fe
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