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Apr 12, 2021, 11 tweets

#BREAKING Officer in Minneapolis shooting mistook handgun for taser: police

#UPDATE The policewoman who shot a 20-year-old Black man in a Minneapolis suburb accidentally confused her handgun with her taser, police said Monday, fueling tensions in this city already on edge because of the George Floyd murder trial u.afp.com/UQXV

#BREAKING Biden warns 'no justification' for violent protest after 'tragic' police shooting

The police chief in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota speaks at a press conference after an officer shot and killed a Black man in the city while National Guard troops and law enforcement officers stand by as protesters demonstrate outside the police station
📷 by @keremyucel

#BREAKING Curfew in Minneapolis after police killing of Black man: mayor

#BREAKING NBA suspends Minnesota-Brooklyn game over fatal police shooting

#UPDATE The NBA postponed Monday's game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Brooklyn Nets in the wake of the fatal police shooting of a Black man in a Minneapolis suburb u.afp.com/UQ2w

VIDEO: Minneapolis protesters forcefully dispersed after US police shooting of Black man.

Protesters gathered in Minneapolis in response to the police killing of Daunte Wright, a 20 year old Black man. Police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and flashbangs to disperse the crowd

Minneapolis goes under curfew after a police officer fatally shot a young Black man when she confused her handgun with her taser, fueling tensions in a US city already on edge because of the George Floyd murder trial

u.afp.com/UQ2z

Despair at vigil for another Black man killed by US police

u.afp.com/UQ6Y

Minnesota National Guard and State Troopers stand guard outside the Brooklyn Center Police Station after a police officer shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis

📸 Kerem Yucel

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