A Black man was fatally shot by deputies in Minneapolis. Authorities say there's no bodycam video. Activists call it 'reckless.'
Activists in Minneapolis are calling for the U.S. Marshal for the District of Minnesota to be fired and an investigation into the fatal shooting of Winston Smith Jr., which sparked several days of protests and renewed scrutiny of the body camera policy for federal agents.
Local activists groups have demanded Ramona Dohman step down as head of the U.S. Marshals Service in the state and protested outside her home Tuesday. Dohman, a 37-year law enforcement veteran, was nominated by President Donald Trump and sworn in June 2019.
"The system in this state is fundamentally flawed, and the federal oversight is also fundamentally flawed," said Jaylani Hussein, executive director for Minnesota's Council on American-Islamic Relations, at a news conference Tuesday. "We need transparency and accountability."
Smith, a 32-year-old Black father of three, was fatally shot when officers on a U.S. Marshals Service task force tried to arrest him last week on a warrant for illegal possession of a firearm, according to a statement from the agency. Smith, who was parked in a car, "failed to comply with officers’ commands" and "produced a handgun resulting in task force members firing upon the subject," the statement said.
