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Wrap-up of news stories taken from the day's local headlines.

Today with Dr. Kaye: Is it time to abolish the police?

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Body cam footage of Virginia traffic stop involving 2nd Lt. Caron Nazario

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. 

RELATED: Officer Who Fatally Shot Daunte Wright With 'Accidental Discharge' Is Identified

 

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?

 

 

 

 

Click below to hear the discussion.

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Today With Dr. Kaye: 4-12-21- Hour 2

Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead is an associate professor of Communication and African and African American Studies at Loyola University Maryland and the award-winning author of Notes from a Colored Girl: The Civil War Pocket Diaries of Emilie Frances Davis; a featured Public Commentator for WYPR and Op-Ed columnist for the Baltimore Sun; a K-12 master teacher in African American History; an award-winning curriculum writer and lesson plan developer; an award-winning former Baltimore City middle school teacher; and, a three-time New York Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker.