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nation, and so they gathered in front of the police station, first with signs and with songs and chanting, and then later in the evenings, things got more challenging, more violent. the police would come out and shoot tear gas into crowds, the crowds would sometimes throw items across the fences towards the police officers, and there was this tit for tat going on between the two for the days following daunte wright s death. nelson spent one evening with ebony mcmillan and her children as the mood turned violent outside their apartment. there were children there, trying to live a normal life, but unable to do so. they kept the children in a bedroom away from a lot of the yelling and the protests. there was a lot of concern about rubber bullets going into the windows and hitting a child. so both ed and i realised that this was a really unique story to tell and a really nuanced way to understand violence in america.
first up, the rory peck award for news, for films that capture the immediacy of a story. chanting say his name! dante wright! what s his name? dante wright! shortly before the trial of derek chauvin, the police officer accused of killing the unarmed black man george floyd, katie g nelson and ed ou were assigned by the new york times to cover protests in minnesota. how is it unlawful? it s not unlawful! you re unlawful! the demonstrators were calling for police accountability for dante wright, another unarmed black man who was shot and killed by a brooklyn center police officer during a routine traffic stop. people were really angry that this kept happening across our state and across our
and shoot tear gas into crowds, the crowds would sometimes throw items across the fences towards the police officers, and there was this tit for tat going on between the two for the days following dante wright s death. nelson spent one evening with ebony mcmillan and her children as the mood turned violent outside their apartment. there were children there, trying to live a normal life, but unable to do so. they kept the children in a bedroom away from a lot of the yelling and the protests. there was a lot of concern about rubber bullets going into the windows and hitting a child. so both ed and i realised that this was a really unique story to tell and a really nuanced way to understand violence in america. the judges said this was a very original and creative piece ofjournalism on a breaking news story. the filmmakers skilfully
chanting. say his name! dante wright! what s his name? dante wright! shortly before the trial of derek chauvin, the police officer accused of killing the unarmed black man george floyd, katie g nelson and ed ou were assigned by the new york times to cover protests in minnesota. how is it unlawful? it s not unlawful! you re unlawful! the demonstrators were calling for police accountability for dante wright, another unarmed black man who was shot and killed by a brooklyn center police officer during a routine traffic stop. people were really angry that this kept happening across our state and across our nation, and so they gathered in front of the police station, first with signs and with songs and chanting, and then later in the evenings, things got more challenging, more violent. the police would come out