“Obviously so much of what will happen is based on what the verdict is and how it’s expressed, but we are preparing,” Mr. de Blasio told NY1. “We will be ready for a variety of protests.”
Charles “Cully” Stimson, deputy director of The Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, predicted that unrest will follow whether Mr. Chauvin is convicted or acquitted on second- and third-degree murder charges stemming from the death of George Floyd.
“It’s a powder keg waiting to be lit, frankly,” Mr. Stimson said. “Unfortunately, the anti-police rhetoric around the country, in particular in Minneapolis, and the calls for defunding police at a time in cities where rogue or progressive prosecutors have been elected, is a double whammy.”
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Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, Mayor Mike Elliott, has been bowing to pressure from political activists, following Sunday’s police shooting death of Daunte Wright, a police union official claimed Wednesday.
Brian Peters, executive director of the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association, made the remarks during an interview on Minneapolis radio station WCCO-AM. Peters previously served as police commander in Brooklyn Center, the Twin Cities suburb where police said Wright, 20, was fatally shot by police Officer Kim Potter on Sunday. If you watch that press conference, you can see the community activists ran that press conference, Peters said, referring to one of the mayor’s appearances before reporters this week.
Minnesota officer faces manslaughter charge over shooting of Black man By Nick Pfosi and Gabriella Borter
Kim Potter poses for a booking photograph at Hennepin County Jail
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) -The white suburban police officer who fatally shot a young Black motorist during a traffic stop in Minnesota, igniting several nights of civil unrest, was charged with manslaughter on Wednesday, a day after the officer turned in her badge.
Daunte Wright, 20, was pulled over Sunday in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center for what police said was an expired vehicle registration, then struggled with police and was shot dead by officer Kimberly Potter, 48, who had threatened to stun him with a Taser but fired her handgun instead.
Daunte Wright shooting protests: Unlawful assembly declared as protesters gather near Brooklyn Center police station Elinor Aspegren and Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY
Kim Potter, former officer who shot Daunte Wright, faces second-degree manslaughter charge
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BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. A fourth night of protests was underway in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, and around the nation Wednesday over the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright after a police officer fatally shot him.
Brooklyn Center announced a curfew of 10 p.m. Wednesday. Mayor Mike Elliott urged people to protest without violence, saying “your voices have been heard earlier in the day.
A crowd of a few hundred demonstrators had gathered outside the Brooklyn Center police headquarters for a tense night. One video showed one protester carrying the head of a fake pig on a pole near a fence outside the heavily guarded station as police monitored the crowd from the structure’s rooftop.
Daunte Wright shooting protests: Unlawful assembly declared as protesters gather near Brooklyn Center police station Elinor Aspegren and Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY
Kim Potter, former officer who shot Daunte Wright, faces second-degree manslaughter charge
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BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. A fourth night of protests was underway in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, and around the nation Wednesday over the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright after a police officer fatally shot him.
Brooklyn Center announced a curfew of 10 p.m. Wednesday. Mayor Mike Elliott urged people to protest without violence, saying “your voices have been heard earlier in the day.
A crowd of a few hundred demonstrators had gathered outside the Brooklyn Center police headquarters for a tense night. One video showed one protester carrying the head of a fake pig on a pole near a fence outside the heavily guarded station as police monitored the crowd from the structure’s rooftop.