Target: Mike Elliott, Mayor of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Goal: Applaud city council for passing resolution calling for resignation of police chief after the shooting of Daunte Wright.
Tim Gannon resigned as Police Chief of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota in the wake of the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by an officer during a traffic stop. Gannon initially stated that he had no plans to give in to calls for his resignation. The City Council expressed support of relieving Gannon of his duties after Gannon was criticized for how the police department has dealt with the death of Daunte Wright and the protests that erupted as a result of Wright’s death.
For Brooklyn Center, a civil rights settlement could be crushing
For Brooklyn Center, a civil rights settlement could be crushing Insurance limits and lack of funds are not a defense that will shelter Brooklyn Center or any city from multimillion-dollar judgments, legal scholars say. April 24, 2021 6:08pm Text size Copy shortlink:
It s the excruciating calculus that inevitably follows a fatal police shooting.
Families file federal civil rights lawsuits, and local governments must either negotiate with grieving loved ones to compensate them for a life lost or allow a jury to decide damages.
Minneapolis set records with the $20 million settlement paid to Justine Ruszczyk Damond s family in 2019 and the $27 million settlement paid to George Floyd s next of kin in March, hailed as the largest pretrial settlement in a civil rights wrongful-death lawsuit in U.S. history.
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Questions about the city’s future hung in the air Tuesday, but for one night many Minneapolis residents let the weight off their shoulders.
A crowd gathers next to the spot where George Floyd was murdered after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of Floyd, Tuesday in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
MINNEAPOLIS (CN) The area around the Hennepin County Courthouse erupted in cheers, honks and music Tuesday after the announcement that fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin had been found guilty of all charges for the May 2020 murder of George Floyd, a Black man in his custody.
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