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12 Apr, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Big protest still underway in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota (close to Minneapolis) where today officers shot & killed 20-year-old #DaunteWright.

People moved to surround the police station & have been met w tear gas, riot cops & and an armored vehicle:

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Police unloading a lot of tear gas at people right now, including launching several canisters directly at our reporter in the field.

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One person we just spoke to on the stream was bleeding from his ear after police shot munitions directly at him while he was kneeling on the street
As officers by the Brooklyn Center police station continue to fire tear gas in the air, protesters yell at them that children live in the homes on this same street.
Our field reporter Niko is ok, we expect to be able to bring the live feed back later tonight. Technical snags can’t always be solved quickly in the field when cops are shooting canisters at us while we work...thanks for following

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LIVE: Cops at the Brooklyn Center, MN police department just declared an unlawful assembly where protesters outraged by tonight's police shooting of Duante Wright have been gathering

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