Protests rock Minneapolis after officer kills black man

{"text":[[{"start":14.04,"text":"Tear gas wafted over a Minneapolis suburb for the second night in a row on Monday as police attempted to disperse a crowd protesting the killing of a young black man. "}],[{"start":24.97,"text":"Video and photos shared by journalists and activists on social media showed officers using tear gas and flash-bangs to break up a demonstration at the Brooklyn Center Police Department after protesters remained in the streets past the 7pm curfew imposed by public officials. "}],[{"start":43.629999999999995,"text":"Rioters looted a Dollar Tree store nearby, according to media reports, and fire fighters were deployed there as well. "},{"start":51.483999999999995,"text":"Local and state law enforcement officials said they had made arrests along Humboldt Avenue, where both the police department and store are located. "}],[{"start":61.519999999999996,"text":"The chaotic scene conjured images from almost a year ago when protesters and police clashed in Minneapolis after former city police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on the neck of George Floyd, who subsequently died. "},{"start":74.524,"text":"On Sunday a Brooklyn Center officer shot and killed Daunte Wright, 20, during a traffic stop, setting off a night of protests and civil unrest. "}],[{"start":85.38,"text":"Brooklyn Center police chief Tim Gannon said the officer who killed Wright intended to use a Taser and mistakenly fired her gun instead. "},{"start":94.422,"text":"He described the incident as an “accidental discharge” of a firearm. "}],[{"start":99.19,"text":"The police department released video footage from a body camera that showed an officer yelling, “Taser, Taser, Taser”, and then, “Oh shit, I shot him”. "}],[{"start":109.92999999999999,"text":"“As I watched the video and listened to the officer’s commands, it is my belief that the officer intended to deploy their Taser but instead shot Wright with a single bullet,” Gannon said. "}],[{"start":null,"text":"

"}],[{"start":121.97999999999999,"text":"Brooklyn Center mayor Mike Elliott said on Monday the suburb’s council had voted 3-2 to give him authority over the city’s police department and that the city manager — a professional role in many municipalities — had been “relieved of his duties”. "}],[{"start":137.23,"text":"The police officer is on administrative leave. "}],[{"start":140.72,"text":"Public officials had called for calm on Monday afternoon as a state of emergency was declared in the Minneapolis-St Paul metro area and an overnight curfew was put in place until 6am on Tuesday. "},{"start":153.587,"text":"The Minnesota National Guard said it planned to double its presence to 1,000 troops in the region by the end of Monday. "}],[{"start":161.65,"text":"Many residents in the Twin Cities area were already on edge. "},{"start":166.12900000000002,"text":"Minneapolis is midway through the trial of Chauvin who is charged with murdering Floyd, whose death sparked worldwide protests against racial injustice. "},{"start":175.772,"text":"Judge Peter Cahill denied a defence request to sequester the jury following Wright’s shooting, saying the incident was “a totally different case”. "}],[{"start":185.20000000000002,"text":"Minnesota governor Tim Walz demanded at a press conference on Monday that the state’s legislature hold hearings on police reforms. "}],[{"start":193.71,"text":"“We can either come together and fix this, or we can suffer together as fools,” he said. "},{"start":199.53900000000002,"text":"“Our time was made clear last May in Minnesota. "},{"start":203.044,"text":"Our time to get one shot at fixing it was there. "},{"start":206.149,"text":"And in the midst of this trial that the world is watching, the situation repeated itself yesterday. ”"}],[{"start":212.87,"text":"The officer shot Wright at about 2pm on Sunday on a street in Brooklyn Center, according to law enforcement and local officials. "},{"start":221.412,"text":"Brooklyn Center is about a 20-minute drive north from the downtown Minneapolis courthouse where Chauvin is standing trial for Floyd’s death. "}],[{"start":230.21,"text":"The Brooklyn Center Police Department said the shooting happened when officers, who had stopped Wright for a traffic violation, tried to take him into custody on an outstanding warrant. "}],[{"start":241.54000000000002,"text":"Katie Wright, Daunte’s mother, told a reporter for Minneapolis television station KARE 11 that her son called her as he was being pulled over. "}],[{"start":251.8,"text":"“I heard the police officer say, put the phone down and get out of the car,” she said. "},{"start":257.354,"text":"“I heard scuffling, and I heard an officer say, ‘Daunte, don’t run’, and another officer say, ‘Daunte, put the phone down’, and hung it up. "},{"start":267.022,"text":"Like a minute later, I called and his girlfriend answered, which was the passenger in the car, and said that he’d been shot. ”"}],[{"start":275.24,"text":"The police department said Daunte had re-entered his vehicle and an officer shot him. "},{"start":280.582,"text":"The car travelled several blocks before crashing into another vehicle. "}],[{"start":285.76,"text":"Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, a professor of African-American Studies at Princeton University, wrote on Twitter: “For anyone who thought the Chauvin trial was supposed to be some kind of indictment of the practice of policing . . . here is your daily reminder that the police will never not be racist, violent, deadly and corrupt. "},{"start":304.989,"text":"It is and has always been baked into the institution. ”"}],[{"start":null,"text":""}],[{"start":309.36,"text":"Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension was investigating the shooting. "},{"start":314.402,"text":"John Harrington, Minnesota Commissioner of Public Safety, said it was “too early for us to make any real comment on [the shooting] other than BCA has been deployed”. "}],[{"start":326.26,"text":"President Joe Biden said on Monday that he had watched the “fairly graphic” body camera footage and was praying for Wright’s family, though he had yet to speak with them. "}],[{"start":337.02,"text":"“We should listen to Daunte’s mom, who is calling for peace and calm,” he said. "}],[{"start":342.65,"text":"Three professional sports teams in the Twin Cities area postponed home games scheduled for Monday in the wake of what they called the “tragic” and “heartbreaking” event. "}],[{"start":352.5,"text":"The National Basketball Association’s Minnesota Timberwolves, the National Hockey League’s Minnesota Wild and Major League Baseball’s Minnesota Twins all said they would reschedule their respective games after consulting with local authorities. "}],[{"start":366.79,"text":""}]],"url":"https://creatives.ftacademy.cn/album/001092132-1618295144.mp3"}