Washington, United States.
The municipality dand the Brooklyn Center (Minnesota, USA) declare this Saturday a night curfew from 23.00 local time (04.00 GMT on Sunday), in anticipation of possible riots following the death of African American Daunte Wright by a police shooting.
the town hall announce the measure on Facebook, where he noted that the curfew will be in effect until 06.00 local time (11.00 GMT) on Sunday.
Brooklyn Center, a residential area northwest of Minneapolis, experienced the sixth night of protests and riots Friday after Wright’s death, which resulted in a hundred detainees.
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Friday night was the first of the week without a curfew after the death of young African American last Sunday.
For the death of Wright, who was 20 years old, has been charged ex-agent Kim Potter, who resigned this week after 26 years of service, for involuntary manslaughter in the second degree, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years imprisoned in Minnesota.
However, in the absence of a record, the sentence would be lower if it were condemned.
the Brooklyn Center Police He alleges that the death was accidental, as Potter wanted to use an electric pistol known as a “Taser” to immobilize Wright, but was confused and fired a bullet with his firearm that killed the man. young man in a traffic control.
The death occurred near a city, Minneapolis, where spirits have been heating up since another white policeman, Derek Chauvin, killed African-American George Floyd, also last May, sparking the largest protests against racism in the United States. USA since the assassination by Martin Luther King Jr. in the late 1960s.
Precisely, the trial against Chauvin is in its final stretch in Minneapolis with the start of the final defense and indictment allegations scheduled for Monday.