Despair is real among Black, brown Americans as police 'mistakes' persist, Daunte Wright killed

Protesters took to the streets in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, where the family of Daunte Wright says he was shot by police after a traffic stop.

Under the shadow of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's trial – one of the highest-profile legal proceedings of our generation – another Black man has died just 10 miles  north of the city.

He was shot by a Brooklyn Center police officer during a traffic stop Sunday.

Family and friends of Daunte Wright, 20, grieve at 63rd Avenue North and Lee Avenue North hours after they say he was shot and killed by police, Sunday, April 11, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minn?

Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said the officer mistakenly grabbed her firearm instead of her Taser.

How much more can Black people take?

But here in the Twin Cities, this is a place where a Black man dies at the hands of police over an alleged counterfeit $20.

This is a place where a Black man dies at the hands of police over an expired license plate and a warrant for failure to appear in court – for possession of a small amount of marijuana.

Caron Nazario how lucky he feels to be alive after a traffic stop in December when he held his hands up through the driver’s side window but still got blasted with pepper spray, berated, dehumanized and forced to the ground.

The officers said in the police report that they stopped Nazario's Chevrolet Tahoe because it didn't have a rear license plate, although the report acknowledges the officers later noticed a temporary plate displayed in the back window.

In this image made from Windsor Police video, a police officer uses a spray agent on Caron Nazario on Dec.

20, 2020, in Windsor, Va. (Photo: Windsor Police via AP).

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As Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott said Monday of his police officers: "We cannot afford to make mistakes that lead to the loss of life."