As darkness fell, an estimated 800 to 1,000 protesters demanding an independent investigation into Daunte Wright's death were outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department. https://t.co/XxINaRZnha
I was pepper sprayed in the eye while photographing the scene at the Brooklyn Center Police Department. I had cameras & my press credentials clearly in view. It came from the side w/o warning I was shooting so I didn’t even see it coming. This is a GoPro version of the incident.
Smoke is billowing out of the Dollar Tree. Bystanders are yelling “Is there anybody in there? Get out of there.” This is going to engulf in minutes. @StarTribune
“This is what terrorism looks like.” Crowds are gathering again as barricades go up around the Brooklyn Center Police Department following the killing of Daunte Wright.
Daunte Wright is sixth person killed by Brooklyn Center police since 2012. Five of the six were men of color, according to a Star Tribune database of fatal encounters with police. https://t.co/e9r6Qy4KNr
Organizers have asked the crowd at the Brooklyn Center Police Department to go home as 7:00 curfew approaches. Many have announced their intention to stay anyway.
1/ A Brooklyn Center police officer fatally shot a man during a traffic stop Sunday afternoon, inflaming already raw tensions between police and community members in the midst of the Derek Chauvin trial. https://t.co/HJPr9cA9lJ
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