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Minneapolis Police Chief Resigns After Shooting of Unarmed Australian Woman

HeadlineJul 24, 2017

Back in the United States, in Minneapolis, Police Chief Janee Harteau has resigned amid growing protests over the police killing of the unarmed Australian woman Justine Ruszczyk. Many residents are now calling for the resignation of the mayor, Betsy Hodges, saying the killing of Justine Ruszczyk, which came after she called 911 twice to report a possible sexual assault near her home, shows an institutional problem with the city’s police. This is one of the protesters.

Protester: “The former chief wasn’t doing her job, but we understand it’s beyond the chief, that the problem is institutional, right? If it was not institutional, then those body cameras would have been on the police the other day.”

Ruszczyk was shot dead by police officer Mohamed Noor, who was responding to her emergency calls, as Ruszczyk approached his police cruiser in her pajamas. We’ll go to Minneapolis for more on the growing protests after headlines.

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