US: violent protests after black man killed near Minneapolis

SANAA, April 12 (YPA) –  US police shot dead a black man in Minneapolis, sparking violent protests in which police used rubber bullets and tear gas, US local media reported.

Police fired tear gas to disperse angry protesters after an officer shot a black man in a Brooklyn suburb about 16 kilometers from where Floyd was killed last year.

Some protesters vandalized and threw stones at two police vehicles.

An eyewitness said that police fired rubber bullets at “at least two protesters”, causing at least one man to bleed from the head.

According to the Star Tribune, relatives identified the man  as Daunte Wright, 20.

In a statement, Brooklyn Center police said officers arrested a man for a traffic violation and found he had a pending arrest warrant.

“When I tried to arrest the man, he got into his car again, and one of the officers shot him,” the police said. He then drove on several streets before crashing into another vehicle to die at the scene.”

Police confirmed that the physical cameras of both officers were activated during the incident.

“I am closely monitoring the situation in Brooklyn Center. Gwen and I are praying for Daunte Wright’s family as our state mourns another life of a Black man taken by law enforcement,”Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said in a tweet .

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