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Around 40 people were arrested on Monday night, as police fired tear gas at protesters gathered outside the Brooklyn Centre, Minnesota police precinct, in reaction to the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright who was fatally shot by an officer over the weekend.
Mr Wright, an unarmed father of a two-year-old, was fatally shot by officer Kimberly Potter, a veteran of 26 years of the force, on Sunday afternoon while driving with his girlfriend.
Protests erupted once again over the killing of the unarmed Black man on Monday night, about 10 miles away from where George Floyd was pinned down by former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin last year, who was charged with murdering Mr Floyd and is currently standing trial nearby to where Mr Daunte was killed.
Anticipating the demonstrations on Monday evening, governor Tim Walz imposed a 7pm curfew in the Twin Cities area as the city banned the use of chemical irritants at around 8pm.
However, just a few minutes later, videos posted to Twitter showed officers using tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets on protesters, all of which were banned by the ordinance.
Meanwhile, the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association toldThe Star Tribune on Monday evening that that at least one of the officers with Ms Potter at the time of the incident was a rookie that she was training in Brooklyn Centre.
Association head Brian Peters told the Tribune that Ms Potter, who has been on the force for 26 years, was training a new officer in her role as a field training officer at the time of Mr Wright’s death.
The protests came on the first day of the third week of Mr Chauvin’s trial, where he is facing murder charges for the death of Mr Floyd in Minneapolis in May last year.
The defence in Mr Chauvin’s trial is scheduled to begin presenting its case on Tuesday, with judge Peter A Cahill expecting all evidence to be finished by the end of this week.
Check out The Independent’s live updates and analysis below.
Defence use of force expert testifies Chauvin’s knee was not on Floyd’s neck
Asked where Derek Chauvin placed his knee in a section of video shown to the trial, the defence’s use of force of expert Barry Brodd said it “’ooks to be on the left shoulder blade of Mr Floyd”.
Asked if he would agree that the knee was on Mr Floyd’s neck, Brodd replied: “No”.
Justin Vallejo13 April 2021 22:08
10 pm curfew expected in Minneapolis
MPR News is reporting that a 10 pm curfew is expected to be impost in Minneapolis tonight.
Justin Vallejo13 April 2021 22:00
Brooklyn Centre mayor called for Keith Ellison to handle Daunte Wright case
Mayor Mike Elliott called on governor Tim Walz to reassign the case of Daunte Wright to the office of attorney general Keith Ellison.
The Washington County Attorney’s office is reviewing the shooting, with a charging decision expected to be made on Wednesday.
Mr Elliott said the case should be reassigned to “ensure transparency and continue building trust in our community”.
Ellison is currently overseeing the prosecution of Derek Chauvin, which began hearing from defence witnesses this week.
Justin Vallejo13 April 2021 21:58
Kim Potter and family flee home as barricades go up ahead of expected unrest, reports
Ex-police officer Kim Potter has fled her home with her family after her address was posted to social media, according to reports.
Images from her home published by The Daily Mail showed protective barricading being erected around her house as more protests are expected following the shooting of Daunte Wright.
“We learned from [Derek] Chauvin. His house got totally smashed up in the protests,” a police source told DailyMail.com.
Justin Vallejo13 April 2021 21:50
Watch: George Floyd’s friend describes struggle to wake him
“He was already asleep. When they came to the car, and when there and tried to wake him up they tried to wake him up over and over,” said Shawanda Hill of attempts to wake up George Floyd before police arrived.
Friend describes moments before police arrived for George Floyd
Justin Vallejo13 April 2021 21:26
Trial resumes
Still testifying is the defence’s use of force expert, Barry Brodd, being questioned by the prosecution.
Justin Vallejo13 April 2021 21:22
The trial of Derek Chauvin in on a ‘technology break’
Proceedings will resume after the 20-minute recess.
Justin Vallejo13 April 2021 21:16
Charging decision on Kim Potter coming on Wednesday, reports
The Washington County attorney, Pete Orput, said that a decision on whether to charge ex-Brooklyn Centre officer Kim Potter in the death of Daunte Wright is expected in the next day.
“God willing,” Mr Orput told Pioneer Press reporter Mary Divine.
Ms Potter resigned from the department on Tuesday, as did her police chief Tim Gannon, who has called the shooting an accidental discharge.
Justin Vallejo13 April 2021 21:06
Derek Chauvin was “justified” when he put his knee on George Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes last May, a police trainer and use of force expert testified in Mr Chauvin’s murder trial on Tuesday.
“I felt that office Chauvin’s interactions with Mr Floyd were following his training, following current practices in policing, and were objectively reasonable,” said Barry Brodd, a witness for the defence.
Oliver O’Connell13 April 2021 21:02
Cross examination of defence witness continues
During cross-examination, the prosecution gets defence witness Barry Brodd that the image of Mr Chauvin with his knee on Mr Floyd’s neck “could be a use of force” because it “could produce pain.”
Mr Brodd had earlier testified that he thinks the prone control of Mr Floyd was not a “use of force.”
Later, the prosecutor asks: “If someone is not resisting, and they’re compliant, the use of ‘control’ as you put it, that could produce pain, is just not justified is it?”
“No,” replies Mr Brodd.
Oliver O’Connell13 April 2021 20:50
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