Black Minnesota Police Chief Describes Being Taken Out at Gunpoint and Prone by Law Enforcement
On 4/23/21 at 11:09 AM EDT
A Black Minnesota police chief is describing his own experience of being racially profiled by other law enforcement officials, saying he was once taken out at gunpoint and prone out on the street. It was a traffic stop. I was actually going to my niece s sweet 16 birthday party, and a squad car pulled in behind me. And having been on the other end of that transaction, as it were, and for how long he followed me, I knew I was going to get pulled over, St. Cloud Police Chief Blair Anderson said on CNN s
Minnesota s Black police chiefs discuss the future of policing
Only four of Minnesota s 411 municipal chiefs of police are Black. They gathered for a virtual meeting to discuss the future of policing and race relations in the state and country. Written By: Sarah Mearhoff | ×
Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo speaks at hearing in Cloquet last October on the issue of use of deadly force by police officers. Arradondo was part of a statewide working group that made a series of recommendations to reduce fatal encounters. (File / News Tribune)
ST. PAUL Following the death of George Floyd, a Black man, during an interaction with Minneapolis Police last year, the question of race and implicit bias in policing has been a focal point in Minnesota and across the country.
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Days before former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin is set to go to trial in connection with the death of George Floyd, the Minneapolis police chief said he s continuing to share a message with his team: We can never go back to how we used to operate in the days before. Undoubtedly the events of May 25 have changed certainly not only Minneapolis, but I would argue to say it s certainly changed in our lifetime the role of policing and conversations about race and the American institution of policing forever, Minneapolis Police Department Medaria Arrandondo said.
Arrandondo was one of four black Minnesota police chiefs who participated in a panel discussion Friday about current issues in law enforcement and the future of the profession. St. Cloud Police Chief William Blair Anderson was among them.
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