The Liberian immigrant at the helm in Brooklyn Center 

The World

Mayor Mike Elliott came to the US from Liberia when he was 11, joining the largest Liberian community in the US. On Monday on The World, he talks with host Marco Werman about his childhood memories of violence in Liberia, and how they impact his perspective on the struggles his town now faces in the aftermath of a police shooting.

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