Protests in Minneapolis after the death of a young black man at the hands of the police

Dozens of people demonstrated last night in Brooklyn Center, a neighborhood of the city of Minneapolis, after learning of the death of a black driver at the hands of a policeman, local media reported.

The protests, that the Minnesota Police tried to disperse using smoke canisters, they occurred just about 10 miles from the city center, where a former agent is on trial after being accused of murdering a George Floyd a year ago.

The death of Floyd, an African-American citizen, sparked a wave of protests across the United States against police violence that lasted for months.

The dead man this weekend in Minneapolis has been identified by his acquaintances and relatives as Daunte Wright, 20 years old, according to local media.

The riots related to his death began on Sunday night, when loud explosions were heard and columns of smoke were seen around the headquarters of the Police Department of Brooklyn Center, where many people had gathered.

Although the protest began in a peaceful way, the police asked the assembled to disperse, something they did not do, so they proceeded to try to dissolve the assembled.

The governor of the state of Minnesota, Tim Walz, said on his Twitter account that he was closely following “the situation in Brooklyn Center” and that he “mourns the loss of the life of another black man at the hands of the police.”

Officers reportedly pulled over a driver for a traffic violation and determined he had an outstanding warrant, the Brooklyn Center Police Department said in a statement.

Officers tried to arrest the driver, but he “reentered the vehicle,” according to police.

“An officer fired his firearm, as a warning to the driver”The statement said. “The vehicle then traveled several blocks before colliding with another vehicle.”

The young man died at the scene of the accident, police said.

According to the account of the events, a woman who arrived at the scene of the accident said that she was the mother of the victim. She identified her son as Daunte Wright, 20, and said he had called her when the police had detained him.

Floyd lost his life in Minneapolis last May when four officers tried to arrest him for having used a counterfeit bill to pay at a store. During his arrest, the officer Derek Chauvin She pinned him to the ground by pressing her knee against his neck until he stopped breathing.

The former police officer is charged with second degree murder, punishable by up to 40 years in prison; murder in the third degree, with a maximum sentence of 25 years, and murder in the second degree, which carries up to 10 years of deprivation of liberty.