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Racial tensions in Minneapolis: a first test for Joe Biden

2021-04-15T07:46:54.317Z


Since Sunday, Minneapolis has been under high tension after the death of Daunte Wright, a young black man accidentally killed by police. Joe Biden had made his support for the Black Lives Matter movement a strong argument for his campaign.


It's as if history repeats itself - tragically, once again.

Less than a year after the death of George Floyd, suffocated under the knee of a police officer in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, a white Brooklyn Center police officer accidentally shot and killed a black offender who was trying to evade his arraignment during a road check.

As the twenty-year-old Daunte Wright struggled to stop the police from handcuffing him and attempting to escape behind the wheel of his car, Constable Kimberley Potter shot him with his gun. service - presumably thinking of using his taser.

She is now being prosecuted for "

manslaughter

", Announced the prosecutor this Wednesday afternoon to the American media.

Images of the drama were also released by local police.

Policewoman and Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon both resigned on Tuesday, hoping to appease

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Source: lefigaro

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