Protesters clash with law enforcement outside of the Brooklyn Center Police Department on Sunday, April 12th in Brooklyn Center, MN. People gathered in large numbers to hold this police department accountable for the killing of Daunte Wright, a 20 year old Black man, who was shot and killed by Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter during a traffic stop earlier that day. Police officers and State Troopers used flash bangs, teargas and rubber bullets against the majority peaceful crowd in a residential neighborhood. (Brooklynn T. Kascel/Redux)
Hundreds of protesters gather near the Brooklyn Center Police Department on Monday, April 12th for the second consecutive day in response to the police killing of Daunte Wright. Clashes between protesters and militarized police went on for several hours into the night. (Brooklynn T. Kascel/ACLU)
Law enforcement gather in large numbers outside of the Brooklyn Center Police Department on Sunday, April 12th in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Protesters also gathered in similar numbers to hold this police department accountable for the killing of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, who was shot and killed by a Brooklyn Center police officer during a traffic stop earlier that day. (Brooklynn T. Kascel/Redux)
Two police cars park in Kim Potter’s driveway in Champlin, Minnesota on Thursday, April 15th. Potter is the former Brooklyn Center police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was unarmed. (Brooklynn T. Kascel/Redux)
Residents of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota stand on their porches as members of local law enforcement clash with protesters outside of the Brooklyn Center Police Department on Sunday, April 12th. Demonstrators gathered in large numbers to hold this police department accountable for the killing of Daunte Wright, a 20 year old Black man, who was shot and killed by Kim Potter, a Brooklyn Center police office, during a traffic stop earlier that day. (Brooklynn T. Kascel/Redux)
Zachary Henry (left) and Maximillian Fauble (center) stand with another person, who did not want to be identified, and watch along with a march in Brooklyn Center near the police department on Friday, April 16th. For the sixth consecutive night, protesters gathered in mass after former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter shot and killed Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, on April 11th who was unarmed. After Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott retroactively declared a curfew for 11:00 p.m. officers violently descended on protesters and 136 people were arrested. Although U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina Wright granted a temporary restraining order early on Friday, stating law enforcement officers cannot arrest or use physical force against journalists covering recent events in the Twin Cities, several journalists were assaulted and detained. For the next two weeks, this court order will remain in effect. (Brooklynn T. Kascel/Redux)
Plastic cups spell out BC STRONG near the Brooklyn Center police department on Thursday, April 15th. For five consecutive nights, protesters and law enforcement have engaged for multiple hours as people gather in mass after the police killing of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, on April 11th. Wright was shot and killed by officer Kim Potter, who claims to have confused her Taser and firearm during a traffic stop. Potter has since been arrested and charged with second-degree manslaughter and could face up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine if she is convicted. (Brooklynn T. Kascel/Redux)