Protests erupt as police shoot and kill man in traffic stop near Minneapolis
Officers in riot gear fire rubber bullets at angry crowd outside Brooklyn Center
12 April 2021 - 08:00
Brooklyn Center — Protests erupted against police after an officer fatally shot a young black man whose vehicle was stopped for a traffic violation on Sunday about 16km from where George Floyd was killed during an arrest in Minneapolis last May.
As angry crowds swelled into the hundreds outside the Brooklyn Center police department building on Sunday night, officers in riot gear fired rubber bullets and lobbed flash bangs at protesters and let off clouds of chemical irritants...
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