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Brooklyn Center approves police reform package after shooting of Daunte Wright

The Brooklyn Center City Council voted on Saturday to pass a police reform package, spurred by the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported.The reforms aim to overhaul policing in the Minneapolis suburb. Among the measures in the package are an increase in independent oversight for the police department, a prohibition of arrests for low-level offenses, the use of unarmed civilians to handle minor traffic.

Brooklyn Center mayor blasts police for gassing protesters

Brooklyn Center mayor blasts police for gassing protesters Cameron Jenkins © Getty Images Brooklyn Center mayor blasts police for gassing protesters Brooklyn Center, Minn., Mayor Mike Elliott on Friday slammed the use of tear gas by local police officers on demonstrators who have gathered around the city to protest the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright. Elliott made his remarks during a news conference, where he stated that gassing is not a human way of policing, according to The Associated Press. Protests have erupted throughout the city for several days following the Sunday shooting in which former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter, who resigned on Wednesday, shot 20-year-old Wright during a traffic stop. According to Elliott, officers attempting to monitor the crowds deployed pepper spray, paintballs and tear gas against protesters.

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