BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) The police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb apparently intended to fire a Tase
MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Monday issued a curfew in Hennepin, Ramsey, Anoka and Dakota counties from 7 p.m. until 6 a.m. Tuesday in the wake of a night of unrest following the Sunday death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man shot and killed by police in Brooklyn Center. As they announced the curfews, state and city leaders tried to strike a balance: acknowledging that .
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Protests lasted for hours in Brooklyn Center, Minn., where 20-year-old Black man Daunte Wright died after being shot by police Sunday. Image: Evan Frost/MPR News
Updated April 12, 2021 at 10:44 PM ET
The police officer said to have fatally shot Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man killed in what started as a traffic stop, has been identified as Kim Potter.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in a statement on Monday evening described Potter as a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center, Minn., Police Department, who is now on administrative leave.
The department offered no other details about Potter s career, saying, Further personnel data are not public from the BCA under Minnesota law during an active investigation.