Rashida Tlaib Declares There Should Be ‘No More Policing, Incarceration, and Militarization’
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) believes policing, incarceration, and militarization “can’t be reformed” after the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, a Black man, by a police officer in Minnesota on Sunday. “It wasn’t an…
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) believes policing, incarceration, and militarization “can’t be reformed” after the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, a Black man, by a police officer in Minnesota on Sunday.
“It wasn’t an accident. Policing in our country is inherently and intentionally racist. Daunte Wright was met with aggression violence. I am done with those who condone government funded murder,” Tlaib tweeted on Monday.
She added, “No more policing, incarceration, and militarization. It can’t be reformed.”
Tlaib has previously voiced her support for defunding the police. In response to the killing of George Floyd by police in Minnesota in the summer of 2020, Tlaib threw her support behind the BREATHE Act.
The act says it would cut federal funding to local police and federal agencies. Instead, it would take that money and use it for social programs, health care, education, and environmental initiatives.
“We can start to envision through this bill a new version for public safety — a new vision for public safety, one that protects and affirms Black lives,” Tlaib said.
The police officer who shot Wright has been identified as Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter.
According to Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon, it appears the footage shows Potter went to fire her Taser but made an “accidental discharge” from her gun instead.