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National Guard Deployed as Protests Rage After Minnesota Cop’s Killing of Black Man

The crowd attacked two squad cars after Daunte Wright was shot dead in a Minneapolis suburb, not far from where a cop is on trial for killing George Floyd.

A Minnesota cop shot and killed a Black man during a traffic stop Sunday, sparking overnight clashes between protesters and police in a suburb not far from where ex-officer Derek Chauvin is on trial for killing George Floyd. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that Brooklyn Center cops pulled over Daunte Wright for a violation, discovered he had a warrant, and tried to arrest him. Police say Wright, 20, got back into his car, and an officer shot him. Soon, scores of protesters gathered at the scene, where officers fired non-lethal rounds after police car windshields were broken. Later, more than 500 people faced off against officers in riot gear outside police headquarters, the Star-Tribune reported. The Minnesota National Guard was reportedly deployed in the early hours of Monday morning to face down the protesters, and Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott ordered a citywide curfew through 6 a.m. In an early morning video statement, the mayor said: “We are going to make sure that everything is done in our power to ensure that justice is done.”