Protests go on despite curfew after fatal shooting of Daunte Wright
Tensions between protesters and police intensified for the second night in a row Monday after a Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer – who authorities say apparently intended to fire a Taser, not a handgun – fatally shot Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop Sunday. Protesters stayed out despite Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz imposing a curfew that stretched to 6 a.m. Tuesday for three counties, which included the city of Brooklyn Center, a Minneapolis suburb about 10 miles from where George Floyd died in police custody last May. About 90 minutes after the curfew deadline, police in Brooklyn Center began firing gas canisters and flash-bang grenades in an attempt to drive protesters away. Some protesters, wearing gas masks, picked up smoke canisters and threw them back toward police. Early Tuesday, a Minnesota State Patrol official said 40 people were arrested at the Brooklyn Center prot
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More than 40 arrested overnight amid unrest over Minnesota man shot by police
Washington County Attorney Pete Orput promised a thorough yet expedited review of the case with the hope that the office can have criminal charges drafted Tuesday or Wednesday.
By Liz Navratil, Stephen Montemayor and Andy MannixStar Tribune
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A demonstrator heckles authorities who advanced into a gas station after issuing orders for crowds to disperse during a protest against the police shooting of Daunte Wright, late Monday, April 12, in Brooklyn Center, Minn. AP Photo/John Minchillo
The traffic stop that would end Daunte Wright’s life played out on a Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer’s body camera. Officers appeared to try to handcuff him; then he slipped back into the driver’s seat.
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A longtime police instructor testified Tuesday in the Derek Chauvin murder trial that the now-fired Minneapolis officer was justified in his actions before George Floyd died late last spring but also held that position for minutes after any resistance had ceased.
Barry Brodd, who is now a private consultant and expert in use of force, said in Hennepin County District Court that he reviewed all the evidence dealing with Floyd s detention at 38th and Chicago and said, I felt that Derek Chauvin was justified and acting with objective reasonableness following Minneapolis Police Department policy and current standards of law enforcement in his interactions with Mr. Floyd, he said.