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April 12, 2021

Minnesota mayor says officer involved in deadly shooting should be fired, city manager pushes back

The mayor and city manager of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota offered differing responses Monday when asked whether the police officer who shot Daunte Wright should be terminated from her position.

April 12, 2021

Who is Daunte Wright, the 20-year-old Black man killed in officer-involved shooting in Minnesota?

Daunte Wright was a 20-year-old Black man fatally shot by a female police officer during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb Sunday afternoon.

April 12, 2021

Minnesota sports teams postpone games in light of Daunte Wright shooting

The Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Minnesota Wild announced that they postponed their Monday games following the officer-involved shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, a suburb of Minneapolis.

April 12, 2021

Minnesota officer meant to fire Taser, not handgun, in deadly Daunte Wright shooting, police chief says

A police chief in Brooklyn Center outside of Minneapolis released the body camera footage Monday showing the officer-involved shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, categorizing the event as an "accidental discharge."

April 12, 2021

LIVE UPDATES: Prosecutors in Derek Chauvin trial may rest their case within days

The murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin is set to resume on Monday. 

April 12, 2021

Derek Chauvin trial: Judge refuses to sequester jury in George Floyd murder case

MINNEAPOLIS — The judge in the George Floyd murder case refused a defense request to immediately sequester the jury Monday, the morning after the killing of a Black man during a traffic stop triggered unrest in a suburb just outside Minneapolis.

April 12, 2021

For Chauvin's trial attorney, it's all about raising doubt

Derek Chauvin's defense attorney was questioning George Floyd's girlfriend about the couple buying drugs when he abruptly shifted gears for what seemed an innocuous question: He presumed the couple had pet names for each other. Under what name, he asked, did she appear in Floyd's phone?

April 12, 2021

Protesters clash with police in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

The Minnesota police shooting that killed Daunte Wright sparked unrest not far from the courthouse where Derek Chauvin is on trial in George Floyd's death.

April 12, 2021

Will Derek Chauvin testify at murder trial?

As the state begins to wind down its case against the former Minneapolis police officer accused of murdering George Floyd last May legal experts are considering whether Derek Chauvin’s defense lawyers will call him to the stand.

April 9, 2021

Chauvin trial: Medical examiner who performed autopsy says police pressure was more than Floyd 'could take'

The Minnesota chief medical examiner who conducted the autopsy on George Floyd’s body and deemed his death a homicide testified Friday in former officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial.