Minnesota National Guard deployed after protests over the police killing of a man during a traffic [View all]
Source: cnn
By Keith Allen, Adrienne Broaddus, Hollie Silverman and Joe Sutton, CNN
Updated 9:00 AM ET, Mon April 12, 2021
(CNN)Hundreds of people protested Sunday night after a Black man in Minnesota was shot by a police officer and died following a traffic stop.
The shooting happened Sunday afternoon in Brooklyn Center, a Minneapolis suburb of about 30,000 people. The city is about 10 miles from where former police officer Derek Chauvin is on trial for the killing of another Black man, George Floyd.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz identified the man killed in Sunday's incident as Daunte Wright.
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Around 2 p.m. local time (3 p.m. ET), police said they were trying to take a man into custody after learning during a traffic stop that he had outstanding warrants.
The man got back into his vehicle, and an officer shot him, police said. The man then drove several blocks before striking another vehicle, police said.
Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said police and medical personnel attempted life-saving measures following the crash, but the man died at the scene.....................
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/12/us/brooklyn-center-minnesota-police-shooting/index.html?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_newsbreak
#Body camera footage of the incident exists, but has not yet been released, authorities said."
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