‘It’s always like this’: Brooklyn Center residents describe history of racial targeting

The Guardian 1 min read 4 years ago

<p>After a white officer shot dead Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop on Sunday, protests continued as a makeshift memorial grew</p><p>Outraged and spiritually exhausted residents of Brooklyn Center on the outskirts of Minneapolis have condemned what they described as a long track record of racial targeting by police in the small city.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/13/george-floyd-daunte-wright-families-minneapolis">Families of George Floyd and Daunte Wright join together in grief: ‘The world is traumatized’</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/14/brooklyn-center-daunte-wright-killing-police-racial-targeting">Continue reading...</a>
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