Scenes of urban warfare in Minneapolis, where the anger of the African American community against the police has re-exploded. So much so that the mayor had to order a curfew. The night of violence was triggered by the killing of a 20-year-old boy who, in his car, had been stopped by a patrol for a check. In the shock video released by the police, he is seen as an agent to avoid the escape of the twenty-year-old shooting point-blank inside the cockpit. Although the leaders of the Police Department speak of a sensational accident: the policeman did not intend to shoot, but he mistakenly mistaken the taser for the gun.
Daune Wright, new George Floyd case
In the city already wounded by the death of George Floyd, the tension thus returns to the stars, with the risk of a real revolt. And to trigger the fuse could be the sentence of the Floyd trial against former agent Derek Chauvin, with the trial that is heading towards the final stages. According to the first reconstructions of the story, the twenty-year-old Daunte Wrigth, who was in a car with his girlfriend in the Brooklyn Center area, a suburb of Minneapolis, was sent off by the agents who during the check would have discovered how a warrant was attached to him. capture. A ruling issued earlier this month for failing to appear in the courtroom where he would have to answer for a couple of minor offenses, including carrying a gun without authorization. When the policemen tried to handcuff him to take him away Daunte, as seen in the video, with one shot he managed to get back into the car to escape arrest. At that point, after a few very excited seconds, an agent who pointed a gun at the boy exploded a single shot taking him in full. The 20-year-old still managed to leave again, even if the escape ended a few blocks later, with the race over against another vehicle. When help arrived Daunte was already dead, while the girl who was with him was injured in the crash.
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The last phone call to the mother
Dramatic testimony of the mother who, in tears, told how her son called her as soon as he was stopped by the agents to ask for information on car insurance. Car that had been given to him just two weeks ago. Without realizing it, the woman practically witnessed the death of her son live on the telephone. As the news broke, hundreds of people took to the streets of Brooklyn Center to protest. A protest that soon turned into clashes and scuffles, with stones and bottles thrown at the police who in turn used rubber bullets and tear gas to keep the angry crowd at bay.
The city burns, the mayor orders a curfew
A shopping mall in the area was stormed and at least 20 businesses were vandalized. The moments of greatest tension when the demonstrators surrounded the headquarters of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, with officers in riot gear struggling to defend the garrison. The city authorities were therefore forced to proclaim a curfew until 6 am, while all the schools in the area remained closed as a precaution. Meanwhile, a few kilometers away, where the Floyd trial court is located, the representatives of the defense of agent Chauvin asked the judge to isolate the members of the jury, keeping them in the dark about the protests to prevent them from being influenced by it. But the judge rejected the request, announcing that the final speeches of the trial should start next Monday. Meanwhile, Minneapolis lives with bated breath.