Minnesota
US: Stun grenades, tear gas disperse crowd protesting against Minnesota shooting
Brooklyn Centre/UNI: The police at Brooklyn Center in Minnesota, U.S, used stun grenades and tear gas to vacant crowd protesting against the murder of an African American citizen.
The killing of 20-year old Daunte Wright sparked protests, Sputnik reported.
The Minnesota police stated that a police officer confused her handgun for a taser and shot dead Wright, who had escaped from the hands of the law enforcement officers during his arrest.
For the third evening in a row, protesters went out to the streets of the city to stand up against such deaths.
The law enforcement officers present used megaphones to urge protesters to clear the area until they gradually pushed them back.
The police officers finally managed to clear the space in front of the police station.
As a cautionary move against the protests, Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliot ordered a curfew.
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