Article 6RT15 Minneapolis police say they 100% failed Black man allegedly shot by white neighbor

Minneapolis police say they 100% failed Black man allegedly shot by white neighbor

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Anna Betts
from US news | The Guardian on (#6RT15)

Officials say John Herbert Sawchak, 54, shot Davis Moturi, 34, after victim reported neighbor for racist harassment

Minneapolis police have apologized for failing to address a local Black man's complaints of repeated, racist harassment from his white neighbor until after the neighbor shot the victim in the victim's own yard.

The attack on 34-year-old Davis Moturi this past Wednesday as he performed yard work left him with a fractured spine, two broken ribs and a concussion. Authorities by Thursday had obtained criminal charges against John Herbert Sawchak, who is accused of shooting from an upstairs window in his home to wound Moturi - but they waited until early Monday to arrest him.

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