- Video footage shows loud bangs at a protest in Brooklyn Center,
Minnesota . - Crowds gathered after police killed a 20-year-old Black man at a traffic stop.
- Daunte Wright's mother said he was pulled over for showing an air freshener in his rearview mirror.
Video footage shows loud bangs at a protest in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, after police killed a 20-year-old Black man at a traffic stop.
Officers in riot gear used rubber bullets, flash bangs, and chemical irritants on the protesters, Reuters reported.
Minneapolis Star Tribune reporter Andy Mannix also tweeted from the scene that police were using gas and flash bangs.
The video, tweeted by Mannix, shows people reacting to the explosions:
The police have not formally named the victim of the fatal shooting, but the family of Daunte Wright said he was shot dead on Sunday afternoon after being stopped for a traffic violation. Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota has also identified Wright as the victim, Reuters reported.
Wright's mother said her son was pulled over for showing an air freshener in his rearview mirror.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that people started to gather in Brooklyn Center after the incident, and that officers in riot gear started pushing back.
It reported that hundreds of people went to the Brooklyn Center police headquarters, where they clashed with police, and that protests also started in other areas.
Police said that a man with an "outstanding warrant" was stopped for a traffic violation, and that an officer shot him as he tried to get back into his car as police tried to detain him. Police said he died at the scene despite efforts to save his life.
Brooklyn Center is located about 10 miles northwest of Minneapolis, where former police officer Derek Chauvin is being tried for the killing of George Floyd last May.