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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WASHINGTON - Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama issued a statement grieving the loss of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by police during a Sunday traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb. Our hearts are heavy over yet another shooting of a Black man, Daunte Wright, at the hands of police, the couple wrote in a joint statement. It’s important to conduct a full and transparent investigation, but this is also a reminder of just how badly we need to reimagine policing and public safety in this country, they urged.
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. – The police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb and the city s police chief resigned, the mayor announced Tuesday.
The death of the 20-year-old Black man has shaken a city already unsettled after George Floyd died about 10 miles away during a police arrest last May, an incident that led to nationwide protests calling for an end to racial injustice and police brutality.
Officer Kim Potter, 48, a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, submitted her letter of resignation Tuesday morning, Mayor Mike Elliott said in a news conference. He said the city did not ask her to resign but had been moving toward firing her.