However, protesters and Wright’s family members say there’s no excuse for the shooting and that it shows how the justice system is tilted against Blacks, noting Wright was stopped for an expired car registration and ended up dead. The former Brooklyn Center police chief has said that Potter, a 26-year veteran and training officer, intended to use her Taser on Wright but fired her handgun instead. The charge against former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter was filed three days after Wright was killed during a traffic stop and as the nearby murder trial progresses for the ex-officer charged with killing George Floyd last May. A white former suburban Minneapolis police officer was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter for killing 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright in a shooting that ignited days of unrest and clashes between protesters and police. Minneapolis's decision won't completely eliminate Columbus Day in the city, as it remains on parking meters and in city ordinances and contracts.BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. Keith Ellison.Ī coalition of native nations proposed the idea of Indigenous People's Day to the United Nations nearly 40 years ago, and variations of it have been picked up by South Dakota, Hawaii, and a number of cities, including San Francisco. Now that we have established Indigenous People's Day, every child - whether that child is native or whether that child is not - will learn the truth about where America really comes from, added U.S. We are sending a signal across the nation and to the global community that we make these changes in the spirit of truth-telling, Council Member Alondra Cano said ahead of the Council meeting.

on the second Monday of the month), comes from the cruel treatment of Native Americans at the hand of Christopher Columbus and the Europeans that followed him to the New World.

Opposition to celebrating Columbus Day, which falls officially on October 12 (but is celebrated in the U.S. Instead, the Minnesota city will celebrate Indigenous People's Day to reflect upon the ongoing struggles of Indigenous people on this land, and to celebrate the thriving culture and value that Dakota, Ojibwa and other indigenous nations add to our city. Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously to join several other municipalities and states in protesting the celebration of Columbus Day.

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