The police shooting of Daunte Wright has sparked nights of protests and days of fast-moving case developments
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For five nights in a row, protesters have gathered often with snow falling around them outside of the Brooklyn Center Police Department to chant the name Daunte Wright, whose fatal shooting during a traffic stop Sunday sparked anger in the Minneapolis area and across the nation.
During the days, the local community witnessed a fast-moving series of developments as authorities sought to address the outrage.
Wright’s death resonated deeply in a state with still open wounds after the deaths of two other Black men at the hands of police: Philando Castile in 2016 and George Floyd in 2020. The protests, and the nearby trial of the officer charged in Floyd’s death, have boiled over anger and reignited national conversations about policing and the use of force nationally.
Protests have been held in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, since Sunday s shooting of Daunte Wright, 20
He was shot and killed at a traffic stop by Kimberly Potter, 48, who claims she meant to pull her taser on him
For the first time on Thursday police in Brooklyn Center did not enforce curfew police let protesters disperse
Potter was in court on Thursday charged with second-degree manslaughter, she has not entered a plea
FOUND SAFE: Missing 14-year-old girl located
Officials say 14-year-old Cienna Pittman, who was last seen in the Benson area on Tuesday, has been found.
Credit: Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Author: KARE Staff Updated: 7:41 AM CDT April 16, 2021
BENSON, Minn. On Wednesday morning, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
(BCA) announced that 14-year-old Cienna Pittman has been located and is safe.
Officials thanked everyone who helped find her.
The BCA initially reported Cienna missing Thursday afternoon. At that time, she was last seen getting into a vehicle at her home in Benson, Minnesota just before 4 p.m. Tuesday. Authorities believed she might have been endangered.
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