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BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Prosecutors expect to decide Wednesday whether to charge...

Mohamed Ibrahim And Mike Householder Demonstrators use umbrellas as shields against police during a clash outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department while protesting the shooting death of Daunte Wright, late Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) April 14, 2021 - 12:28 AM BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. - Prosecutors expect to decide Wednesday whether to charge the white former police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb, sparking nights of protests and raising tensions amid the nearby mu...

Last modified on Wed 14 Apr 2021 06.26 EDT Good morning. The Minnesota police officer who shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright dead during a traffic stop resigned yesterday, along with her police chief. Authorities said that officer Kim Potter had meant to discharge her Taser on Wright to stop him driving away, and accidentally discharged a handgun. The resignations came after two nights of protests in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center, which has erupted into demonstrations since Wright, who is Black, was killed on Sunday. Wright’s parents said they “could not accept” he was killed a...

Note: This article has been corrected. BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — A white police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb resigned Tuesday, as did the city's police chief — moves that the mayor said he hoped would help heal the community and lead to reconciliation after two nights of protests and unrest. But police and protesters faced off once again after nightfall Tuesday, with hundreds of protesters gathering again at Brooklyn Center’s heavily guarded police headquarters, now ringed by concrete barriers and a tall metal fence, and where polic...

Ted Cruz Says of Daunte Wright's Killing: 'There Are Accidents That Occur' On 4/14/21 at 4:05 AM EDT Texas Senator Ted Cruz has said the killing of Daunte Wright, an unarmed Black man fatally shot by police during a traffic stop, was an accident that came with the territory of "interactions with law enforcement." His comments came during a third night of unrest outside Brooklyn Center police station in Minnesota, where people protesting the death of the 20-year-old were dispersed by pepper spray and flash bombs by National Guardsman and local law enforcement, CNN reported. As Fox News showed ...