Daunte Wright.
The Brooklyn Center Police Departmentsaid in a statementthat officers pulled over the man just before 2 p.m. local time on Sunday afternoon, and when they tried taking him into custody, they say he re-entered his car. That’s when one officer “discharged their firearm, striking the driver.” The vehicle then went several blocks before crashing into another car. The victim died at the scene, police said.
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According to Minneapolis’Star Tribune, Daunte’s mother, Katie Wright, told reporters that her son called her when he first was pulled over, telling her that he believed he was stopped for having air fresheners on his rearview mirror.
Katie said, according to theStar Tribune, that she heard someone say “Daunte, don’t run” on the phone call before it ended, and when she called back a minute later, his girlfriend answered, informing her that Daunte was shot.
Protesters confront law enforcement on April 11, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
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Brooklyn Center Police said the officers involved in the shooting were wearing body-worn cameras, and they “believe both body-worn cameras and dash cameras were activated during this incident.”
“We call for the naming of all officers and agencies involved. The ACLU-MN has deep concerns that police here appear to have used dangling air fresheners as an excuse for making a pretextual stop, something police do all too often to target Black people,” the ACLU added. “While we are waiting to learn more, we must reiterate that police violence and killings of people of color must end, as must the over-policing and racial profiling that are endemic to our white supremacist system of policing.”
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