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Police shot and killed Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop Sunday
By David Aaro | Fox News
Special Report w/ Bret Baier - Monday, April 12
On today’s episode of ‘Special Report’, Bret tracks protests in Minnesota after female police officer mistakes firearm for taser and fatally shoots a 20-year old black man.
Minnesota authorities arrested about 40 people after rioters and police clashed for a second night in Brooklyn Center, Minn., authorities said during a news conference early Tuesday.
Hundreds gathered outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department Monday and defied curfew. They demanded justice for Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man fatally shot by police during a traffic stop.
The crowd chanted "Daunte Wright!" Some shouted obscenities at officers.
Authorities fired tear gas, and flash-bang grenades into the crowd after warning them that they were in violation of curfew. Some rioters retaliated by throwing smoke canisters back toward law enforcement, while others launched fireworks at the police lines, according to reports.
"Move back!" the police chanted. "Hands up! Don't shoot!" the crowd chanted back.
Authorities said officers were shelled "pretty significantly," with objects thrown from the crowd. A few officers were hit by debris and suffered minor injuries during the unrest, police said.
Minnesota State Patrol Col. Matt Langer said law enforcement officials made attempts to talk with protest leaders about figuring how to peacefully disperse the crowds, but "unfortunately, those efforts weren't successful ... so ... [we] stood and protected that building."
The roughly 40 arrests were made at the Brooklyn Center Police Department protest, Langer said. He added that people were arrested for violations including breaching curfew and rioting.
Looters also broke into several businesses at a strip mall near the police station, including a Dollar Tree store, according to reports.
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The Minneapolis area also erupted in looting and riots late Sunday
Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon described the shooting death Sunday of 20-year-old Daunte Wright as "an accidental discharge."
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz imposed a curfew from 7 p.m. until 6 a.m. Tuesday for counties that included Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis, and St. Paul, the state capital.
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Earlier, police put up a fence and concrete barricades around the building's perimeter. It was surrounded by local police, as well as, Minnesota National Guard and Minnesota State Patrol officers, the Star Tribune reported.
Amelia Huffman, the Minneapolis Police Department’s deputy chief for professional standards, said 13 people were also arrested in Minneapolis amid the demonstrations -- four for burglaries, two were suspects in shots-fired incidents, six were for curfew violations, and one was on an outstanding warrant.
Huffman added that five businesses were burglarized in Minneapolis during the unrest.
Police shot and killed Wright during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb on Sunday. The bodycam footage showed three police officers gathered near a stopped car that was pulled over an expired registration. Police attempted to arrest Wright for an outstanding warrant, leading to a struggle, followed by the fatal shooting.
Vice President Kamala Harris took to Twitter late Monday to comment on the shooting and said Wright's family needs "justice and healing" as the investigation plays out.
"Prayers are not enough," she tweeted. "Daunte Wright should still be with us. While an investigation is underway, our nation needs justice and healing, and Daunte’s family needs to know why their child is dead—they deserve answers."
Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said the officer who shot and killed Wright had intended to fire a Taser, not the handgun.
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The officer was identified as Kimberly A. Potter, whose career with the Brooklyn Center Police Department has spanned more than 25 years, the Star Tribune reported. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said Monday night that Potter is on standard administrative leave.
Wright died of a gunshot wound to the chest, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office said in a statement.
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Attorney Ben Crump confirmed to Fox News that the families of George Floyd and Daunte Wright will hold a joint press conference outside the Hennepin County Courthouse at 12 p.m. CT Tuesday amid the trial for Derek Chauvin.
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Brooklyn Center, Minnesota Officer Kimberly A. Potter, who got her police license in 1995, was reportedly training a new officer at the time she fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright.
Brian Peters, head of the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association, told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that Potter was working Sunday as a field training officer, training a new officer.
"She's just a very dedicated, passionate, good person. It's completely devastating," he told the newspaper. "She [is] just a good person, always willing to help out."
Potter is currently on standard administrative leave following the fatal shooting.
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Daunte Wright’s mother and father, Katie and Aubrey Wright, as well as their attorneys Ben Crump and Jeff Storms, appeared in an exclusive interview on “Good Morning America” on Tuesday.
Katie Wright detailed how her son called her when he had been pulled over by police.
“He called me and said ‘Mom, I’ve been pulled over.’ And I said, ‘for what?’ He said they said ‘they pulled me over because I had air fresheners hanging in the rearview mirror,’” she said.
The mother said her son said police also asked for insurance and she told her son to give officers the phone once they came back to the window. She said the officers came back and asked Daunte to step out of the car and he said “for what? Am I in trouble?” She then heard scuffling and “the girl he was with screaming.” She also heard officers tell them to hang up the phone.
Katie Wright said she called back three or four times.
“The girl that was with him answered the phone and said that they shot him and he was laid in the driver’s seat, unresponsive. And then I heard an officer ask her to hang up the phone again,” she said.
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Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott appeared on NBC’s “Today” Tuesday morning after demonstrators defied a curfew on the second night of unrest since Daunte Wright’s shooting.
“In this country if you are Black and you get pulled over by police you have a higher chance of being dead,” Elliott said. “That is a fact.”
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Man urges press to leave Minnesota with expletive-laced rant to CNN reporter amid Brooklyn Center unrest
A man had a blunt exchange with a CNN reporter over the media's presence in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, covering the unrest following the police-involved shooting of Daunte Wright.
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Man urges press to leave Minnesota with expletive-laced rant to CNN reporter amid Brooklyn Center unrest
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Portland police declare riot after vigil for Daunte Wright shooting
The Portland Police Department declared a riot late Monday outside the city’s Penumbra Kelly Building following a vigil in memory of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot during a traffic stop in Minneapolis on Sunday.
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Minnesota police arrest 40 during another night of unrest after Daunte Wright shooting
Minnesota authorities arrested 40 people after protesters and police clashed for a second night in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, authorities said during a press conference early Tuesday.
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Minnesota police arrest 40 during another night of unrest after Daunte Wright shooting
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Who is Kimberly Potter, the cop involved in the Daunte Wright deadly shooting
The Minnesota cop charged with shooting and killing a 20-year-old Black man during a traffic stop Sunday afternoon has been identified.
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