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Medical examiner says Daunte Wright's 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 Wright's cause of death was a gunshot wound to the chest. The manner of death was ruled a homicide, though that classification is "not a legal determina...

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, flash bangs, and rubber bullets to disperse them. Yesterday, police leaders convened a press conferen...

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 going anywhere! We’re f**king staying!” “Are we at war?” a person asks after several flashb...