BALTIMORE, MD (WEAA) — Is it time to abolish the police?
Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man was stopped by Minnesota police on Sunday for —according to a police chief— having an expired registration on the vehicle. During the encounter, Daunte was shot and killed.
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According to CNN, 2nd Lt. Caron Nazario, who is Black and Latino, is suing two Virginia police officers after they pointed guns at him, pepper sprayed him and pushed him to the ground during a traffic stop last December for what the officers believed was a missing license plate on his vehicle.
What does justice look like?
A family’s sorrow again. Grief is heavy today. #DaunteWright’s family outside of court where #georgefloyd’s accused murderer is on trial. pic.twitter.com/TcZxgntPHj
— Sara Sidner (@sarasidnerCNN) April 13, 2021
A second Lt. in the U.S. Army is suing 2 VA. cops over a traffic stop during which the cops “drew their guns...used a slang term to suggest he was facing execution before pepper-spraying him & knocking him to the ground” https://t.co/m4rV73sgsp
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) April 10, 2021
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