Daunte Wright, 20, who had been shot dead on Sunday, leaves behind a 2-year-old son.
Protesters are taking to the roads of Minnesota in the aftermath of the weekend’s fatal police shooting of a 20-year-old Black guy, Daunte Wright.
Wright, that leaves behind a 2-year-old boy, has been captured and murdered by Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter on Sunday. The former police chief asserted Potter, a 26-year veteran of the section, mistook her gun to get a Taser.
Here’s a timeline of this situation up to now
On Sunday afternoon, Potter along with a officer she had been coaching pulled Wright around for an expired registration label on his vehicle. The officers then decided during the halt which Wright had an outstanding gross misdemeanor warrant, Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said Tuesday.
Since the officers attempted to take Wright to custody, the 20-year-old got back to his vehicle, police said. Potter subsequently announced that she’d use the Taser on Wright, according to the Washington County Attorney’s Office.
“She pulled her Glock 9mm handgun with her right hand and pointed it in Wright, stating again that she’d tase him” prosecutors said in a statement Wednesday.
Potter then stated,”S–, I simply shot him!” In accordance with prosecutors.
Wright’s car sped off, traveling a few blocks before crashing into another vehicle.
Protests erupted Sunday night prompting Brooklyn Center Schools to shut on Monday.
Minnesota Department of Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington stated that there were reports of 100 to 200 individuals marching toward the Brooklyn Center Police Department. He explained stones and other objects were thrown at the police department and there have been reports of shots fired close to the section.
Protests continued on Monday night, dispersing from Brooklyn Center into Minneapolis to Portland to New York. A curfew was imposed in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis, and other areas of Minnesota on Monday night, and dozens of people were detained, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
“I dropped my son, he is never coming back,” Wright’s father, Aubrey Wright, told ABC News in an exclusive interview Tuesday on”Good Morning America.”
“I can not accept this — a mistake, which does not even seem right,” he added. “This innovation was on the force for 26 decades. I can not accept this.”
Potter filed her resignation in the police department on Tuesday.
In a resignation letter to city officials,” she wrote,”I’ve loved every moment of being a police officer and serving this community to the best of my skill, but I feel it’s in the best interest of this community, the section, along with my fellow officers should I step immediately.”
Gannon, the police chief, also filed his resignation.
“Upwards of 60 arrests” were created amid protests Tuesday night.
Potter, 48, was detained and charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter.
Lawyers Benjamin Crump, Jeff Storms and Antonio Romanucci, that are representing the Wright family, in a statement Wednesday asserted the shooting”was no crash.”
“This was an intentional, willful, and illegal use of force,” they stated. “A 26-year veteran of the force understands the distinction between a taser and a firearm.
Countless people gathered Away from the Brooklyn Center Police Department Wednesday to protest for a fourth successive night.
“They pulled the fence, taken pyrotechnics, lobbed bricks and bottles over the fence,” Harrington said. “I think tonight we were about 500 people there, crying and chanting.”
