Brooklyn Center, Minn. — Community members gathered outside the Brooklyn Center police station Tuesday to protest a decision that took many by surprise.
The city council rejected a police reform proposal Monday night to end low-level traffic stops.
Katie Wright helped lead the protesters. Her son, Daunte, was shot and killed in 2021 during a traffic stop.
Wright called the council “some sorry people” Monday. She says she feels bamboozled by their rejection of the reform she’s helped work on for years.
“They’re afraid of change,” Wright said.
The traffic stop policy has been adopted in several U.S. cities, like Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Seattle, as well as Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Typically, the policies don’t allow police to pull drivers over for violations like air fresheners hanging from rearview mirrors, cracked windshields, broken taillights or expired tabs.