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US Rep. Maxine Waters called for a change in policing. Reuters pic
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WASHINGTON, April 18 High-ranking Congress member Maxine Waters called for an overhaul of policing in the United States as she joined the seventh consecutive night of protests in a Minneapolis suburb over the death of Daunte Wright, a young Black man shot dead by a white policewoman.
The 20-year-old was killed during what should have been a routine traffic stop, sparking anger and fresh protests against police brutality and racial injustice.
MINNEAPOLIS (US): Jesse Jackson (right) greets demonstrators during a protest over the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright by a police officer last week. AP
Minneapolis: High-ranking Congress member Maxine Waters called for an overhaul of policing in the United States as she joined the seventh consecutive night of protests in a Minneapolis suburb over the death of Daunte Wright, a young black man shot dead by a white policewoman.
The 20-year-old was killed during what should have been a routine traffic stop, sparking anger and fresh protests against police brutality and racial injustice.
“Policing has got to be changed,” Waters, chair of the House Committee on Financial Services, said Saturday shortly before the 11 pm curfew.
Calls for US police reform during protest
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April 19, 2021
Brooklyn Centre, United States: High-ranking Congress member Maxine Waters called for an overhaul of policing in the United States as she joined the seventh consecutive night of protests in a Minneapolis suburb over the death of Daunte Wright, a young Black man shot dead by a white policewoman.
The 20-year-old was killed during what should have been a routine traffic stop, sparking anger and fresh protests against police brutality and racial injustice. Policing has got to be changed, Waters, chair of the House Committee on Financial Services, said Sunday shortly before the 11 pm curfew. We’ve got to reimagine how we can deal with the problems of our society, that young people and people of color in particular getting killed by police that we pay to protect and serve us.
Reporters try to stop police chief from calling Minnesota unrest a ‘riot’13/04/2021|6min
Reporters have tried to prevent Brooklyn Centre Police Chief Tim Gannon from describing violent unrest overnight in the US as a “riot”.
“I was front and centre at the protest – at the riot,” Mr Gannon said.
Reporters immediately spoke over the police chief with remarks such as “there was no riot”, “it was not a riot” and “don’t do that”.
“It was,” Mr Gannon said.
“The officers that were putting themselves in harm s way were being pelted with frozen cans of pop, they were being pelted with concrete blocks.
PEOPLE lay flowers on a sign as they rally outside the Brooklyn Centre Police Department, days after Daunte Wright was shot and killed by a police officer in Minnesota. Reuters
MINNEAPOLIS: Protesters faced off with police for a third night on Tuesday in the American city of Minneapolis over the killing of a young black man shot by an officer, with more than 60 people arrested, law enforcement officials said.
Tensions have soared over the Sunday police shooting of Daunte Wright near the mid-western city, in a community already on edge over the ongoing trial of an officer accused of killing another black man, George Floyd, last year.