Another tragedy in regards to police brutality has happened once again in Minneapolis. On April 11th, Daunte Wright a 20-year-old African American man was shot and killed by Police Officer Kim Potter after being stopped for an expired tag. This young man was a father to a one and half-year-old boy and had no weapon on him and the officer used her Glock instead of a taser, taking the life of the young man.

Daunte called his mother asking for his insurance information and his mother heard the officer ask him to hang up the phone and step out of the car. That was the last time she spoke to her son as the next call she received was a hysterical facetime from a young girl in the car with him telling her that they shot him. Bleeding out in his own driver’s seat, was the last time his mother was able to see her son.

After the incident and statements made from the Brooklyn Police Center, there is nothing that they could do or say that could make this okay. The officer who shot Daunte resigned as well as the chief of police at this center. Questions arise though as everyone immediately thinks, is this even enough?

The police may feel this is taking accountability, but this is the major issue that America cannot seem to escape no matter how many tragedies, protests, and evidence of police brutality especially against the African American community. This is now another example of tragedy, the problem, as well as overall research for my team’s final project.

Our goal is to bring diversity and inclusion into Centre County as when incidents locally or nationally occur like this, they somehow believe that there is nothing wrong and do not understand why the world could be so upset. This is the issue we want to put an end to and educate members of this community and eventually nationally in hopes for more inclusion.

From a PR perspective on this heartbreaking issue, resigning is not and will not be enough. Hopefully, justice will be served and there can be a step closer to inclusion in this world. The actions from the police department may feel this is enough for their reputation, but they are certainly wrong and need to fully take accountability because if the roles were reversed, a resignation would never be enough.