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Daunte Wright protesters wave PIG’S HEAD on fourth night of chaos in Brooklyn Center as hundreds storm police station
DAUNTE Wright protesters waved a pig’s head at cops as chaos again erupted in Brooklyn Center, with hundreds storming the police station.
Demonstrators came out for the fourth night in a row since Wright, 20, was fatally shot by police officer Kim Potter during a traffic stop on Sunday.
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A protester holds up a pig head with a police cap on[/caption]
Mass protests broke out for the fourth night in a row after Daunte Wright was fatally shot[/caption]
Protesters showed no signs of dispersing as the 10pm curfew approached[/caption]
Daunte Wright was fatally shot by a police officer on Sunday[/caption]
Hundreds of protesters were still outside of the station as the city’s 10pm curfew approached, demanding that more serious charges be brought against Potter for ending the young black man’s life.
Video of Wednesday night’s protest shows officers behind a fence firing cans of pepper spray at protesters.
The gathering was declared an “unlawful assembly” before the curfew went into effect, according to FOX9.
Some demonstrators in the crowd can be seen tossing multiple items at officers as they chant, “What’s his name – Daunte Wright.”
Potter, a 26-year veteran of the force, was arrested on Wednesday morning and charged with second-degree murder.
She’s facing up to 10 years in prison and up to $20,000 in fines, but demonstrators declared that they don’t believe this is enough.
Former Officer Kim Potter has been arrested and charged in Wright’s death[/caption]
Many protesters believe the second-degree murder charge Potter got is not enough[/caption]
Protesters carried umbrellas outside of the Brooklyn Center Police Department to block tear gas[/caption]
A cop is seen using pepper spray outside of the Brooklyn Center police headquarters[/caption]
The Brooklyn Center Police Department has claimed that Potter meant to reach for her Taser, but accidentally grabbed her gun before shooting Wright.
“What she did is murder! How do you not know your Taser from your gun?” activist Loretta VanPelt, of the Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar, asked at the beginning of Wednesday’s rally, according to the Star Tribune.
The crowd showed no signs of dispersing as the curfew — which asks people to stay off the streets from 10pm to 6am — approached.
Wright was shot just ten miles from where George Floyd was killed last spring, leading to an outpouring of anger from the community.
The shooting comes as the murder trial for Derek Chauvin — who knelt on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes — is underway in Minneapolis.
Wright was the father to a 1-year-old son[/caption]
The department has claimed Potter dispatched her weapon accidentally[/caption]
Bodycam footage from Sunday revealed the moment Potter accidentally shot Wright while trying to use a Taser.
Speaking on Monday, Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said she had intended to use a Taser – not a handgun – and described the shooting as an “accidental discharge.”
Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott said the resignation of both Potter and Gannon came after the city council passed a resolution to dismiss the cops.
In a statement on Tuesday, Potter said: “I am tendering my resignation from the Brooklyn Center Police Department effective immediately.
“I have loved every minute of being a police officer and serving this community to the best of my ability, but I believe it is in the interest of the community, the department, and my fellow officers if I resign immediately.”
Wright’s parents have refused to accept that their son was killed by “mistake.”
“I lost my son, he’s never coming back,” Wright’s dad, Aubrey Wright, told ABC News.
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“I can’t accept that – a mistake, that doesn’t even sound right.
“This officer has been on the force for 26 years. I can’t accept that.”
Potter is set to appear in court for the first time on Thursday. She was released Wednesday evening on $100,000 bond.
