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Outrage in the Streets

Protesters, Black Lives Matter and Daunte Wright signs at Brooklyn Center

 

Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, April 13, 2021.     Photo: AP

As news broke of the police murder of Daunte Wright, people began to pour into the streets of Brooklyn Center and Minneapolis in outrage and anger. Police fired flash-bang grenades, tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters. The Minnesota National Guard, already mobilized to respond to protests if the Minneapolis cop who murdered George Floyd is not convicted, deployed more troops. A curfew was set. Authorities put out claims about Daunte’s past that are completely irrelevant to why he was murdered. The media focused on property damage.

But the message that police murder of Black people MUST STOP still came through.

Immediately after the killing of Daunte Wright on Sunday, protesters shouted "Don't shoot" while kneeling and raising their arms in front of a line of police officers at the Brooklyn Center police station. Messages in chalk and signs included “Black Lives Matter” and “Justice for Daunte Wright.”

Monday night, hundreds of protesters defied the curfew imposed by the city and gathered outside the Brooklyn Center police station chanting “Daunte Wright!” “This is the wrong time for another Black man to get killed by the police," said Dez Odoms, 30, whose apartment is near the police station. Tear gas was fired at his apartment by police. A massive statue of a fist created after the police murder of George Floyd was placed at the spot where Daunte Wright was killed.

The National Basketball Association issued a statement on Monday that “in light of the tragic events in the Minneapolis area yesterday, tonight’s game between the Brooklyn Nets and the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center has been postponed.” Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League also cancelled games in Minneapolis that night.

There have been protests in other cities across the country. Monday night in New York City, protesters took over the Manhattan Bridge. Other protesters in NYC marched through Washington Heights, north of Harlem, heading for the Alexander Hamilton Bridge.

As we post this, there are news reports that people are gathering in Brooklyn Center and Minneapolis for a third night of protest. Check in at revcom.us for continuing coverage of this developing situation.

Protesters for Daunte Wright storm Brooklyn Center

 

Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, April 13, 2021.    Photo: AP

See also:

The Murder of Daunte Wright: When Police Kill Black People Again and Again… That Is No “Accident”

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