BROOKLYN CENTER, MN (MNN) – A Brooklyn Center police officer fatally shot a 20-year-old black man during a traffic stop Sunday afternoon.
That sparked clashes with police and looting in that community and elsewhere around the metro area.
Governor Tim Walz tweeted he was “closely monitoring the situation” and “praying for Daunte Wright’s family as our state mourns another life of a Black man taken by law enforcement.”
Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott issued a curfew order through 6 a-m Monday.
Brooklyn Center police say officers pulled over a vehicle for a traffic violation just before 2 p-m Sunday. There was a warrant on the driver, who got back into the vehicle as officers were trying to arrest him. Police say that’s when an officer discharged a weapon, striking the driver, who was pronounced dead several blocks away after crashing into another vehicle.
State Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington says a crowd of 100 to 200 marched to Brooklyn Center police headquarters — rocks were thrown at the building and there were reports of shots fired in the area.
There were also reports of about 20 businesses that were broken into and looting in parts of Minneapolis.
(from Minnesota News Network)
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