Chattanooga News Chronicle - April 22, 2021 Page 8 Chattanooga News Chronicle - April 22, 2021 NATIONAL Unprovoked Assault of Lt. Nazario and Needless Death of Daunte Wright Underscores Need for Police Reform UNPROVOKED ASSAULT OF LT. NAZARIO AND NEEDLESS DEATH OF DAUNTE WRIGHT THROW YET MORE LIGHT ON AN ALREADY-GLARING NEED FOR POLICE REFORM

N E W Y O R K ( N a t i o n a l U r b a n L e a g u e ) – National Urban League President and CEO Marc traffic stop. the officers, and that continued using H. Morial issued the following statement in response “Our hearts are with the family of Daunte Wright, deadly force long after even the possibility of a threat to the killing of Daunte Wright and the assault of taken at just 20 years old, by an officer so poorly- had passed. Video of Daunte Wright’s fatal shooting Army Lt. Caron Nazario by police in Minnesota and trained and so eager to use excessive force that she and Lt. Nazario’s vicious assault make it clear that Virginia: allegedly mistook a gun for a taser. neither of them posed a threat to the officers who -at “Our sympathy and support goes out to Lt. tacked them. “Over the last few days the nation once again Caron Nazario who was pelted with death threats and “Also swept aside is any excuse for the Senate’s watched a young Black man, pulled over by police conflicting demands before his unwarranted and un- delay in passing the Justice in Policing in what appears to be a pretextual stop, shot to death provoked assault. Act. Each day that goes by without accountability by officers incapable of or unwilling to de-escalate “These tragic incidents have occurred or come for is a black mark against a nation the encounter. to light even as the has swept shamefully willing to tolerate the unjustified killing “We watched officers cruelly taunt and - need aside the illusion of justification for the use of force and assault of Black and Brown men and women.” lessly assault a Black Army Medical Corps lieutenant in cases like these. Witness after witness has with pepper-spray after another apparently pretextual testified that George Floyd posed no threat to

Mickey Guyton Becomes 1st Black Woman to Ever Host Academy of Country Music Awards

Nationwide — Country music artist Mickey Guyton made history last night as the first Afri- can American woman to ever host the Academy of Country Music Awards in 56 years. The “Black Like Me” singer says she was overjoyed when she found out about the record- breaking news. Along with being the first-ever Black female ACM host, she is also its second Black host since the late Charlie Pride became the song Hold On, which she wrote herself. She was try has been challenging but she is glad that it first Black host of the awards show 35 years ago. also nominated for female artist of the year but had been more diverse and inclusive in recent Guyton hosted the show with Keith Urban, lost to Gabby Barrett. times. who specifically chose her following their remark- More than that, Guyton also received a “As the world moves forward, I’m seeing so able duet performance at the last year’s show. Grammy nomination in the country music cat- many people from all nationalities wanting to Guyton also holds the record as the first Black fe- egory earlier this year, making her the first Black sing country music. Me standing on that stage male artist to perform at the ACM awards. female soloist to achieve that peat. with Keith Urban is going to show all of these Aside from hosting the 56th annual ACM Guyton shared that pursuing her career as a other people that they can do it, too. And it’s just awards, Guyton also performed at the show her Black woman in a white male-dominated indus- so cool,” she told The Tennessean.

Ohio black couple win $450k lawsuit after being attacked by a police officer

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