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Barack Obama Calls To ‘Reimagine Policing’ After Daunte Wright Shooting, Invokes ‘Murder’ Of George Floyd

Tim Pearce
Barack Obama Calls To ‘Reimagine Policing’ After Daunte Wright Shooting, Invokes ‘Murder’ Of George Floyd
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Former President Barack Obama called to “reimagine policing” after the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright.

Obama used Wright’s death to reiterate his call to reform policing and to combat systemic racism. The former president also invoked the death of George Floyd, which Obama referred to as a “murder” and for which former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin is currently on trial.

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