Police Kill Black Man Daunte Wright During Traffic Stop Near Minneapolis — What to Know – By Alberto Luperona (Law and Crime) / April 11 2021
Police shot and killed a driver during a traffic stop Sunday in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, just minutes away from Minneapolis. The incident immediately landed in a cultural fissure. The man, identified in social media and news reports as Daunte Wright, 20, was Black. This incident happens amid a trial against fired, white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, 44, for the fatal arrest of George Floyd, 46, who was also Black.
The man was pulled over for a traffic violation, and faced an outstanding warrant, Brooklyn Center police said.
Protests immediately followed Wright’s death.
Police shooting today about 10 miles from the #DerekChauvinTrial courthouse. This was the seen about 45 mins ago. https://t.co/DBU1H9dx73
— Cathy Russon (@cathyrusson) April 12, 2021
