Duluthians march in protest of Daunte Wright shooting
Approximately 100-150 Duluthians joined in a demonstration Wednesday evening in reaction to the killing of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center earlier in the week. 9:59 pm, Apr. 14, 2021 ×
Quita Leach of Duluth leads a march on First Street in Duluth Wednesday, April 14, 2021 protesting the police shooting of Daunte Wright. On Sunday, April 11, 2021, Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by officer Kim Potter during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
More than 100 protesters marched down First Street Wednesday evening to protest the police shooting of Daunte Wright. On Sunday, April 11, Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by officer Kim Potter during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
Daunte Wright s killing resonates in Duluth: We will not give up The local NAACP reissued its demands for Duluth Police Department reform. April 14, 2021 8:28pm Text size Copy shortlink:
DULUTH – Nearly 150 people filled a downtown street Wednesday to protest the police killing of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center as refrains of No justice, no peace and Black lives matter pierced an otherwise quiet afternoon. We re being told by police, Put your hands up and you re still killing us, organizer Lamarquita Leach said. There s so much in the system that needs to change. We d have to start a whole new system.
The crowd marched to City Hall from the Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial, the site where in 1920 a white mob lynched three Black men on false accusations of rape. Since the death of George Floyd last year, the memorial has become a gathering place for those seeking social justice.