After Duane Wright shooting, city council to vote on police changes

Officials in Brooklyn Center, where Duante Wright was fatally shot during a traffic stop last month, will to vote on a resolution to make significant policing changes.

Officials in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, the city where Duante Wright was fatally shot during a traffic stop last month, are expected to vote on a resolution that will make significant policing changes. The Brooklyn Center City Council will convene at 3 p.m. Saturday to address a proposal to create new divisions of unarmed civilian employees to handle non-moving traffic violations and respond to mental crises. Wright, a black 20-year-old father, was shot in the chest on April 11 during a traffic stop. Former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter, who is white, is charged with second-degree manslaughter in his death. The proposal, called the Daunte Wright and Kobe Dimock-Heisler Community Safety & Violence Prevention Act, was created and presented last week by Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliot.