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Protests broke out in a Minneapolis suburb on Sunday after police shot and killed a Black man, who has since been identified by family as 20-year-old Daunte Wright. Below, what you need to know about what happened and how you can stand in solidarity with Wright and his family.
What happened on April 11:
On the afternoon of Sunday, April 11, a police officer in Brooklyn Center, MN, a suburb of Minneapolis, fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop. According to the
Tim Gannon said officers pulled Wright over for a traffic violation and determined that Wright had a warrant out for his arrest. As officers tried to detain him, Wright stepped back into his car and an officer shot him. Wright then drove a few more blocks before hitting another vehicle and died at the scene. While the people in the other car were not injured, the passenger in Wright s car sustained non-life threatening injuries
Protests over fatal shooting continue
ACCIDENT? Police and demonstrators clashed in Minneapolis over the death of a black motorist, with police saying an officer mistook a handgun for a Taser when she shot him
AFP, MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota
Fresh protests broke out on Monday in Minneapolis, despite a curfew implemented after a police officer fatally shot a young black man, fueling tensions in a US city already on edge because of the George Floyd murder trial.
Dozens of protesters waved signs and chanted slogans in front of the police station in Brooklyn Center, the suburb where Sunday’s killing occurred.
Demonstrators taunted police through newly erected wire fencing around the station, and carried signs saying: “Jail all racist killer cops,” “Am I next?” and “No justice, no peace.”
Daunte Wright, 20, was fatally shot by Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kimberly Potter, 48, on Sunday after he was pulled over for what police said were expired license plate tags.
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