Trending Articles: I Did Not Want To Go Through Rioting And Destruction Again : Chauvin Juror Feared People Coming To My House If They Were Not Happy With The Verdict
Published: April 23, 2021
An alternate juror on the Derek Chauvin trial told a local news that she did not want to go through rioting and destruction again and was concerned about people coming to [her] house if they were not happy with the verdict.
The juror, Lisa Christensen, also revealed how the riots which broke out in Brooklyn Center in the middle of the trial were right by her house.
Tensions between police and some protesters in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Daunte Wright, 20, said that he was shot by police in Plymouth on Sunday afternoon before getting back into his car and driving to Brooklyn Center, where he crashed the car and was pronounced dead. pic.twitter.com/9h8QBNKMcx
Protests continue in Minnesota following fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright
By Brittany Bowker Globe Staff,Updated April 14, 2021, 1:37 a.m.
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Demonstrators protested the shooting death of Daunte Wright near the Brooklyn Center police station on April 13.Scott Olson/Getty
Police and protesters faced off for a third consecutive night in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, on Tuesday following the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, a Black man who was fatally shot by a white police officer over the weekend.
Former police officer Kim Potter, who apparently intended to fire a Taser, not a handgun, resigned on Tuesday, and so did Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon. The Brooklyn Center mayor said he hoped the resignations would help heal the community and lead to reconciliation after two nights of protests and unrest.
by Rich Smith • Apr 13, 2021 at 8:34 am
Seattle protesters held a candlelight vigil for Daunte Wright, who was killed by a police union president and 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department. Some of those protesters later smashed a downtown Starbucks window and tagged some buildings. David Ryder / GETTY
Dow Constantine told the sheriff to consider retiring immediately : The county executive told a constituent I have spoken with Sheriff Johanknecht about the challenges that she and the Sheriff’s Office face. In light of these challenges, and the shift of authority and responsibility from the Sheriff to the Executive office in less than nine months, I urged her to consider retiring immediately and allowing the people of King County and the law enforcement community to instead focus on the important transition ahead, according to the
The family of a 20-year-old Minnesota man says he was shot by police Sunday before reentering his car and crashing the vehicle several blocks away, further inflaming tensions over the use of police violence across the nation.
Relatives of Daunte Wright told a crowd gathered in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, about 10 miles north of Minneapolis, that Wright drove for a short distance after he was shot and died at the scene following a traffic stop, according to The Star Tribune.
“He called me at about 1:40, said he was getting pulled over by the police,” said a woman, who identifies herself as Wright s mother, according to a Facebook Live video. “He said they pulled him over because he had air fresheners hanging from his rearview mirror.”
Minnesota police fatally shot Black man after traffic stop, family says; crowd holds protest Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY
Protests break out in Minnesota after a Black man was shot by police during a traffic stop
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The family of a 20-year-old Minnesota man says he was shot by police Sunday before reentering his car and crashing the vehicle several blocks away, further inflaming tensions over the use of police violence across the nation.
Relatives of Daunte Wright told a crowd gathered in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, about 10 miles north of Minneapolis, that Wright drove for a short distance after he was shot and died at the scene following a traffic stop, according to The Star Tribune.