Indian Americans Take to Social Media to Express Anguish and Outrage Over Yet Another Police Killing of Unarmed Black Man

Prayers are not enough. Daunte Wright should still be with us. While an investigation is underway, our nation needs justice and healing, and Daunte’s family needs to know why their child is dead—they deserve answers.

— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) April 13, 2021

Eliminate the filibuster and pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.

This can’t wait any longer.

— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) April 13, 2021

Not. An. Accident.

Why was this cop wanting to pull a taser on a 20-year old kid for expired tags in the first place? Absurd.

Impossible that a veteran cop couldn’t tell difference b/w taser and gun.

We need real consequences for these killings. https://t.co/k99LwMvdEB

— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) April 13, 2021

Daunte Wright should still be alive.

My heavy heart is with Daunte’s family, and all those lives devastated by the yet another Black person shot by the police.

We need accountability now.

— Rep. Ro Khanna (@RepRoKhanna) April 12, 2021

Theres only been one time that a Minnesota police officer was convicted of murder and sentenced.

In 2017 an unarmed white woman Justine Damond was shot by police & the officer was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison.

He was Somali-American, Mohamed Noor.https://t.co/nIWmbqLQfy pic.twitter.com/5VVpnMGJEq

— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) April 14, 2021

This is why police use excessive force with impunity. There are no consequences. https://t.co/U0F3STOCmY

— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) April 14, 2021

Say his name: Daunte Wright https://t.co/h1RXVYhId0

— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) April 12, 2021

"Daunte Wright, who had a 2-year-old son, dropped out of high school about two years ago because of a learning disability, his father said.

Since then, he worked in retail and fast-food restaurants to support his son. He planned to go back to school to get his GED."

— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) April 12, 2021

Daunte Wright was 20 years old, out driving with his girlfriend in his new car.

MN cops pulled him over because he had an air freshener on his rearview mirror- moments later he was shot and killed.

Meanwhile white mass shooters are consistently arrested unscathed.

Say his name pic.twitter.com/Qk0x5Rvaxj

— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) April 12, 2021

"When we apply the threshold test to our traffic stop data, we find that police require less suspicion to search black and Hispanic drivers than white drivers. This double standard is evidence of discrimination."

— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) April 12, 2021

"Starting in 2015, the Open Policing Project began requesting such data from state after state. To date, the project has collected and standardized over 200 million records of traffic stop and search data from across the country."

— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) April 12, 2021

You don’t need to say “Blue Lives Matter.” Stories like this make it pretty clear they do. More than the rest of us. https://t.co/DahhXJpNQA

— Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) April 13, 2021

The cop who shot & killed #DaunteWright claims she thought she was firing her taser.

The cop who shot & killed #OscarGrant claims he thought he was firing his taser.

The Cops have killed so many Black people, they are starting to recycle lies. #BlackLivesMatter

— Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) April 12, 2021

We can (and should) remove police from traffic stops.

yes yes yes
👇🏽 👇🏽 👇🏽

— Karishma Mehta for Virginia House of Delegates (@karishma4va) April 13, 2021

Why do we know the name of the cop who killed #DuanteWright but not the name of the cop who killed #AshliBabbitt?

— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) April 13, 2021