Protesters clash with police after a man was shot and killed by local law enforcement on Sunday April 11, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis.
The mayor of a Minnesota town ordered a curfew after dozens of people gathered following the death of a man in an officer-involved shooting and car crash on Sunday afternoon.
The victim was identified as Daunte Wright, according to a tweet from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
“I am closely monitoring the situation in Brooklyn Center,” Walz wrote. “Gwen and I are praying for Daunte Wright’s family as our state mourns another life of a Black man taken by law enforcement.”
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Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott ordered a curfew early Monday morning through 6 a.m. after declaring a local emergency due to “growing civil unrest,” an emergency proclamation said.
“We want to make sure everyone is safe,” the mayor said in a tweet. “Please be safe and please go home.”
“The officer shooting in Brooklyn Center today is tragic,” Elliott said on Twitter. “We are asking the protesters to continue to be peaceful and that peaceful protesters are not dealt with force.”
The fatal incident comes as the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd enters its third week in a courthouse just 10 miles away. It has been less than 11 months since Floyd was killed in Minneapolis after Chauvin kneeled on his neck. When video of his death went viral last May, protests erupted across the US.
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