Calls for US police reform at fresh protest over Daunte Wright killing

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High-ranking Congress member Maxine Waters called for an overhaul of policing in the United States.

Protesters have gathered for seven consecutive nights to protest the killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright by a police officerBROOKLYN - High-ranking Congress member Maxine Waters called for an overhaul of policing in the United States as she joined the seventh consecutive night of protests in a Minneapolis suburb over the death of Daunte Wright, a young Black man shot dead by a white policewoman.

"We've got to reimagine how we can deal with the problems of our society, that young people and people of color in particular getting killed by police that we pay to protect and serve us."Waters, a Democrat from California, was speaking to a crowd of nearly 300 people outside the Brooklyn Center Police Station.

Protesters stood alongside the chain-link fence around the police station, chanting"Shut It Down" and waving"Black Lives Matter" flags, but did not appear to try to breach the barrier. The previous evening, journalists covering the protest said police impeded their work and used pepper spray against some members of the media who had identified themselves as such.

 

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