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Days after police released the name of the officer who killed a woman in Ann Arbor, Michigan, protesters called for answers and the firing of Officer David Ried.
Ried discharged his firearm while responding to a domestic disturbance call last month, killing 40-year-old Aura Rosser after she “confronted” officers with a knife, police said. Her death prompted more than 100 college students and community members to gather at the Ann Arbor Justice Center Monday night.
From there, Ann Arbor to Ferguson — a group against police violence — marched to a city council meeting, according to co-organizer Kyera Singleton. Protestors filled the room and stated three demands for the city and police department: Fire Ried immediately, release more information about the shooting and donate funds to cover Rosser’s burial.
Singleton, a University of Michigan graduate student, told HuffPost the group protested Monday as part of its goal to shed light on the widespread occurrence of “state violence and police brutality,” including in the liberal and relatively peaceful university town of Ann Arbor.
She was particularly intent on calling attention to what she saw as an unjust police shooting perpetrated against a woman. In weeks during which there has been national outrage on behalf of black men, such as Michael Brown and Eric Garner, who were killed by police, she said the names of women who have suffered the same fate are less known.
