{"id":118374,"date":"2021-04-13T12:42:06","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T04:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=118374"},"modified":"2021-04-13T12:42:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T04:42:08","slug":"us-shooting-minneapolis-under-curfew-after-officer-shoots-black-motorist-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=118374","title":{"rendered":"US shooting: Minneapolis under curfew after officer shoots Black motorist dead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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MINNEAPOLIS, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fresh protests broke out Monday night in Minneapolis despite a curfew implemented after a police officer fatally shot a young Black man when she confused her handgun with her taser, fueling tensions in a US city already on edge because of the George Floyd murder trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shortly before 9:00 pm local time (0200GMT Tuesday), nearly two hours after the curfew went into effect, dozens of protesters continued to wave signs and chant slogans in front of the police station in Brooklyn Center, where Sunday\u2019s killing occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police fired tear gas at the protesters several times and ordered them to disperse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was the second consecutive night of protests after 20-year-old Daunte Wright was shot dead by police while driving with his girlfriend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In police body camera video released earlier Monday in Brooklyn Center, an officer shouts \u201cTaser! Taser! Taser!\u201d but then instead fires a gun at the victim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe officer drew their handgun instead of their taser,\u201d said Brooklyn Center police chief Tim Gannon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gannon said it was his belief that the officer, now on leave pending an investigation, \u201chad the intention to deploy their taser but instead shot Mr Wright with a single bullet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis was an accidental discharge that resulted in the tragic death of Mr Wright,\u201d Gannon said. \u201cThere is nothing I can say to lessen the pain of Mr Wright\u2019s family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wright\u2019s killing sparked protests overnight in Brooklyn Center and the looting of a shopping mall, and authorities in Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs including Brooklyn Center announced a curfew from 7:00 pm (0000 GMT) Monday until 6:00 am Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the body cam footage, police officers are seen pulling Wright out of his car after stopping him for a traffic violation and discovering he had an outstanding warrant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When officers attempt to handcuff Wright, he scuffles with them and gets back in the car. A female police officer shouts, \u201cI\u2019ll tase you\u201d and then \u201cTaser! Taser! Taser!\u201d \u2014 standard police procedure before an officer fires one of the stun guns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHoly shit, I shot him,\u201d the officer says as Wright, fatally wounded, drives off. He crashed his car a few blocks away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How the officer mistook her gun for a taser was unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gannon said police are trained to place handguns \u201con our dominant side, and our taser on our weak side.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minnesota\u2019s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) identified the officer late Monday as Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran of the police force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Joe Biden called the killing \u201ctragic,\u201d but warned against any potential violent unrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think we have to wait and see what the investigation shows,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the meantime, I want to make it clear again: there is absolutely no justification, none, for looting,\u201d he added. \u201cPeaceful protests \u2014 understandable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The protests overnight prompted the defense attorney for former officer Derek Chauvin, who is facing murder and manslaughter charges for George Floyd\u2019s death, to ask the judge presiding over the high-profile case to sequester the jury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judge Peter Cahill refused, stating \u201cthis is a totally different case.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chauvin is facing murder and manslaughter charges for his role in Floyd\u2019s death on May 25, 2020, which occurred during his arrest for allegedly passing a fake $20 bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 45-year-old Chauvin, who is white, was seen in a video taken by a bystander kneeling on Floyd\u2019s neck for more than nine minutes as the handcuffed 46-year-old Black man complained repeatedly that he could not breathe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video touched off protests against racial injustice and police brutality in the United States and around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brooklyn Center, where Wright was shot, is a northwest suburb of Minneapolis located not far from the heavily guarded Hennepin County Government Center where Chauvin is on trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officers fired tear gas and flash bangs to disperse a crowd of hundreds who gathered outside a police station in Brooklyn Center after Wright was shot. National Guard troops were deployed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are in pain right now, and we recognize that this couldn\u2019t have happened at a worse time,\u201d Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minnesota Twins announced they were postponing their Monday baseball game against the Boston Red Sox \u201cout of respect for the tragic events that occurred yesterday in Brooklyn Center.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US professional basketball and hockey leagues also postponed Monday games involving Minnesota teams. — NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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