Daunte Wright: Police Killing of 20-Year-Old Sparks Protests in Minnesota

A Black man died after being shot by police during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb, sparking violent protests that lasted into Monday as officers in riot gear clashed with demonstrators and the man’s mother called for calm.

The man was identified by family as 20-year-old Daunte Wright, who died Sunday in a metropolitan area that was already on edge because of the trial of the first of four police officers charged in George Floyd’s death. The judge in that case refused Monday to sequester the jury after a defense attorney argued that the panel could be influenced by the prospect of what might happen as a result of their verdict.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz tweeted that he was praying for Wright’s family “as our state mourns another life of a Black man taken by law enforcement.”

Speaking before the unrest, Wright's mother, Katie Wright, urged protesters to stay peaceful and focused on the loss of her son.

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[dk-cntc]

if you listen to the police radio you can hear them say "he carjacked someone at funny they don't add that into the news

EDIT: I'm not going to speak in favor of one side or the other, but all people should be aware of all details regarding the background to a situation.

EDIT 2: Source: police scanner from before incident. If this evidence is not validly connected to the incident, I will happily redact my comment if disproven. Please keep an open mind with regards to any evidence.

[robertstone]

reasonable civil human being: Was it justified?
Angry mob: doesn't matter here's our chance to be fools.

[CoolTaxiDriver]

Police scanner said car was stolen, and that he was seen earlier brandishing a gun.

[Rxz]

Why are they never held accountable for their actions? Perpetual victimhood

[rainbowrider]

Videos like this are why the "likes" are being pushed to be removed from these platforms. You can't manipulate us all and you're not fooling me.

[dw]

"Criminal removed from society"

Fixed the headline for 'ya

[scorpio]

of course there is a riot. Anything else would indicate intelligence.

[parapsychologist]

In a pandemic where businesses are barely surviving and you think its OK to go LOOT stores. You say No Justice No peace, but where does LOOTING fall into that.

[georgeh]

"Just peaceful protest." “People Will Do What They Do” - Pelosi " It is just a idea"-Biden "who said protests should be peaceful"-Chris Cuomo “They’re not going to stop. This is a movement, ” -Harris

[jenningsmills]

Criminal shot by police after acting a fool. The local best buy & burgerking must be held accountable 🙄

[jamiegaskins]

Can’t wait to find out what actually happened a month from now

[jeffwalsh]

Duante was arrested in February for armed robbery. Another good, gentle boy.

[johntruxal]

Who believes that after being pulled over and out of your vehicle and being told that there's an outstanding warrant on you....that the best decision was to get back in car and try and race away....🤔

[jayhd]

Funny how they dont show about the race of the two teens who killed a uber driver.

[mysteriousman]

Let me guess this kid had a bright future was about to be head of Tesla and took care of homeless ppl.

[RedRaven]

This kind of reminds me of the two girls that carjack that man's car and end up killing him. I hate the fact that the media is hiding the race of the girls. It's almost the same scenario here.

[stevenincognito]

I love how he said he was getting pulled over for "having air fresheners in his car" how dumb do you have to be to say that and also to believe that

[genecurrivan]

For hundreds of years, the same demographic causes the same chaos and dysfunction... And somehow, some way... others are responsible for it.

[strawberryfields]

Damn, can't a brother brandish a firearm, steal a car, drive recklessly threw the streets placing others lives at risk without getting shot? Smh.

[SPEAKEASYAZ]

99.9% of confrontation are because they dont want to go to jail cuz they know there is a past warrant on them, so they try to run, but they never win.