MINNEAPOLIS — Inside Minneapolis American Indian Center, building trust and community safety is at the top of mind Tuesday night.
“We are public servants, and we must be accountable to community,” said Michelle Phillips, Minneapolis Director of Civil Rights.
The city’s top leaders, top cop and a group designed (Unity in Community Mediation Team) to transform policing celebrated progress and partnership.
But a community is reeling after a tragic few days.
“When we talk about reducing violence, we don’t just mean violence from police to us — but also us to us,” said Lisa Clemons, of A Mother’s Love Initiative .
Clemons is hoping for community members to join her in the fight to save lives.
“We need to not be burying our children- visiting them in prisons and hospitals,” Clemons stated.
Frustration is bubbling over the tragic weekend in Minneapolis.
Monday, a 14-year-old boy was shot — just feet from where 16-year-old De’Miaya Broome was killed in a hit-and-run early Saturday morning.