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Medical examiner says Daunte Wrights cause of death was a gunshot to the chest, rules it a homicide INSIDER 2 hrs ago aharoun@businessinsider.com (Azmi Haroun,Charles Davis) © Associated Press/Susan Walsh Police officers work behind police tape blocking a street near the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, Thursday, July 2, 2015. Associated Press/Susan Walsh The Hennepin County Medical Examiner said on Monday that Daunte Wrights cause of death was a gunshot wound to the che...

Large crowd gathered for Monday vigil at site of Daunte Wright's shooting by police a day earlier.

Daunte Wright, George Floyd, and a renewed focus on police brutality On Sunday afternoon, Kim Potter, a police officer in Brooklyn Center, a suburb of Minneapolis, shot and killed Daunte Wright, a twenty-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop. Minneapolis was already grappling with the ongoing trial of Derek Chauvin, the cop charged with murdering George Floyd in the city last summer; on Sunday night, protesters gathered at the Brooklyn Center Police Department, and officers used tear gas, f...

Several members of the local Minnesota press were locked out of a press briefing Monday where police in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center discussed the officer-involved shooting that left 20-year-old Daunte Wright dead.

‘Are We at War?’ Police Fire Tear Gas, Flashbangs During Minnesota Riot Mob violence, looting after suspect shot by police Image Credit: Share Email Police launched volleys of tear gas and used stun grenades to disperse protesters in the city of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, where people were outraged by the shooting of a black man during an attempted arrest. A video from the scene shows a crowd of protesters standing near clouds of tear gas. A woman is heard yelling: “We’re not f**king ...

Chief: Officer meant to use Taser, not firearm, on Daunte Wright The unidentified officer is on administrative leave after what the chief called an "accidental discharge."  April 12, 2021 — 2:30pm Text size Copy shortlink: The police officer who fatally shot a man during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center on Sunday did so accidentally, intending to fire her Taser, not her gun, Police Chief Tim Gannon said Monday. Gannon made the ass...

Copy shortlink: A red "Make America Great Again" hat in hand, Jonah Westbury recorded several selfie videos showing him inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, shouting, "This is our house!" according to federal charges unsealed Friday afternoon. FBI agents arrested Westbury, a 26-year-old from Lindstrom, Minn., on Friday morning — the second time in two days federal agents have apprehended a Minnesotan in connection to the storming of the nations Capitol. Across the countr...

Copy shortlink: Federal agents in Minnesota have arrested a St. Cloud man who claims allegiance to anti-government Boogaloo Bois and plotted a violent attack on the Minnesota State Capitol earlier this year, according to charges unsealed in Minnesota U.S. District Court on Wednesday. Last December, Michael Paul Dahlager, 27, traveled to a "Stop the Steal" rally at the Capitol in St. Paul to take video of law enforcement numbers, scout tactical positions for the Boogaloo ...

Copy shortlink: FBI agents arrested a Rochester, Minn. woman early Thursday on charges connected to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Victoria White, 39, will make her first appearance in federal court Thursday. The details of the charges are currently under seal. Lartvita Mcfarquhar, a friend of White, said White called her this morning around 6:20, as the FBI surrounded her home. Mcfarquhar read the allegations listed on the warrant, which White sent to her, to th...

Miracle star Mark Pavelich died by suicide, medical examiner concludes The hockey legend was found dead in a residential treatment facility last month.  April 5, 2021 — 3:22pm Text size Copy shortlink: Mark Pavelich, an Olympic hockey legend of "Miracle" fame, died by suicide last month at age 63, according to details in a new cause-of-death examination provided by the Anoka County medical examiners office. ...