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The Minnesota city of Brooklyn Center is considering a resolution to reform policing nearly a month after the fatal officer-involved shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright that would send unarmed civilians to respond to minor traffic violations and mental health calls.
Mayor Mike Elliott, whose office assumed control over the police force after the firing of City Manager Curt Boganey, presented the resolution to City Council on Saturday that would also create multiple new public safety and crime prevention departments and committees, Fox 9 Minneapolis reported. The good news is we have the ability to start creating these changes now, today, Elliott said at the meeting. This resolution will transform our system so that police are not the only available response for everything.
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After the fatal police shooting of a Black man in Minnesota last week, people have taken to the streets to protest the killing of another unarmed Black man by a white police officer. In response to the daily protests taking place in Brooklyn Center, a Minneapolis suburb, police officers have driven away protestors with rubber bullets, flash-bangs, and tear gas grenades, pepper spray, and paintballs. According to
The Associated Press, these tactics are not sitting well with elected officials, specifically the mayor of Brooklyn Center.
Police authorities have stated that Daunte Wright was pulled over for having expired tags, but found out after running his license that he had an outstanding warrant. His warrant was for failing to appear in court as he was charged with fleeing from police officers and possessing a gun without a permit during an incident last June. As they tried to arrest him, a struggle ensued and former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter shot and
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