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New York, NY (77WABC)-Separate rallies and protests in Manhattan Monday in response to the police-involved shooting death of Daunte Wright in a suburb north of Minneapolis. The 20-year-old black man was shot and killed Sunday during a traffic stop for expired tags in Brooklyn Center. The area is not far from where George Floyd died after a police officer knelt on his neck for more than 9 minutes. Officer Derek Chauvin is on trial in Floyd’s death.
The town’s police chief said the officer had apparently intended to fire a Taser, not a handgun, as Wright struggled with fellow officers. Police Chief Tim Gannon described the shooting as “an accidental discharge.”
Rallies and protests were held across New York City on Monday.
A rally was held at Washington Square Park on Monday:
Later Monday night, protesters marched across the Manhattan Bridge, the George Washington Bridge and Alexander Hamilton Bridge to protest Wright’s death:
A group of about 150 protesters are marching West on 179th St. in Washington Heights to take over the Alexander Hamilton Bridge.
They are protesting the killing of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was shot by police during a traffic stop. pic.twitter.com/75dmQuiOGU
— PRO_NYC (@protest_nyc) April 12, 2021
Wright’s death prompted the second night of protests, rioting, and looting overnight in Minneapolis.
