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12 Apr, 5 tweets, 4 min read
DEVELOPING: Protests in the US city of Minneapolis after police fatally shoot a young Black man after pulling him over for a traffic violation aje.io/xld73
Protests broke out in the US city of Minneapolis on Sunday night after a policeman fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright near where George Floyd was killed last year.

Read more: aje.io/dawfv
US police used tear gas to disperse protests following the killing of a young Black man in the city of Minneapolis — in pictures aje.io/6wa7z
Protests broke out in the US city of Minneapolis after a policeman fatally shot a Black man near where George Floyd was killed last year.

What does it mean to be Black in America today? Watch this June episode from the #AJStartHere archive ⤵️
"I just shot him."

Police say Daunte Wright shooting was ‘accidental' as officer intended to use Taser, not gun aje.io/lhdm4

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