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April 12, 2021

Squad member calls for end of US policing, which she says is 'intentionally racist'

Squad member and progressive Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib alleged in a Twitter post on Monday that the death of Daunte Wright “wasn’t an accident” as she appeared to call for an end of policing.

April 12, 2021

Lawrence Jones: No matter how we feel about officer-involved deaths, 'every case is different'

Fox News host Lawrence Jones began Monday's 'Fox News Primetime' discussing the officer-involved shooting in a Minneapolis suburb on Sunday, denouncing the notion that this shooting was the same as the killing of George Floyd

April 12, 2021

Daunte Wright BLM New York City protesters block streets

Black Lives Matter held demonstrations in New York City Monday afternoon to protest the police killing of a 20-year-old Black man during a traffic stop in Minnesota the day before.

April 12, 2021

Daunte Wright shooting: Brooklyn Center city manager fired after call for due process for police officer

Brooklyn Center City Manager Curt Boganey was fired on Monday evening, hours after he publicly disagreed with Mayor Mike Elliott’s assertion that the police officer who fatally shot a Black man in the Minneapolis suburb should be immediately fired in response to the incident.

April 12, 2021

Reporters scold Minnesota police chief for describing unrest after Daunte Wright shooting as 'riot'

Reporters scolded Brooklyn Center, Minnesota Police Chief Tim Gannon Monday for using the term "riot" to describe the violence that took place Sunday night following the deadly shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright by a police officer.

April 12, 2021

Derek Chauvin trial: Prosecutors' case nears end as George Floyd's brother, use of force expert testify

The prosecution’s case against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin drew nearer to a close Monday with George Floyd’s younger brother offering emotional recollections of his late sibling while testimony from a police “use-of-force” expert told the court that no "reasonable" officer would have acted the way Chauvin did.

April 12, 2021

Minnesota officer who shot Daunte Wright should have known difference between Taser, gun: Ted Williams

The fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center is a "tragedy of epic proportion," former Washington D..C. homicide detective Ted Williams told "America Reports" Monday.

April 12, 2021

Daunte Wright's death reignites 'Defund the Police' movement

Multiple progressive activists, politicians and groups have restarted their demands that police funding across the nation be cut after Wright was shot and killed during a traffic stop.

April 12, 2021

LIVE UPDATES: Daunte Wright police officer shooting body-camera footage released

The Brooklyn Center police chief released the body camera footage Monday showing the officer-involving shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, categorizing the event as an "accidental discharge."

April 12, 2021

McEnany reacts to deadly Minnesota police shooting: 'We always have to let the facts play out'

"Outnumbered" co-host and former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany discussed the fatal police shooting of Daunte Walker on "The Story" Monday, telling host Martha MacCallum there needs to be "due process and fairness" as well as accountability.