Police said on Monday that the Minnesota officer, involved in the shooting of Daunte Wright in a Minneapolis suburb, mistakenly opened fire with her gun instead of a taser.
Civil unrest gripped a Minneapolis suburb for a second night on Monday after the city's police chief said a fatal police shooting of a young Black man appeared to result from an officer mistakenly opening fire with her gun instead of a Taser during a traffic stop.
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Daunte Wright Shooting Shows System Is Irreparably Broken, Activists Say
On 4/13/21 at 6:30 AM EDT
The police killing of Daunte Wright shows the system of law enforcement in the United States is irreparably broken, activists have said.
Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by Officer Kim Potter during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center on Sunday afternoon.
Hundreds of protesters faced off against police in the Minneapolis suburb for a second night on Monday, after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced a 7 p.m. curfew.
Tensions were already high in the region as the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis officer charged in George Floyd s death, is currently underway in a courthouse around 10 miles from where Wright was killed. Floyd s death in May last year triggered unrest that quickly spread from Minneapolis to the rest of the country and beyond.