PORTLAND, OR – APRIL 12: A person lights candles at a vigil for Daunte Wright on April 12, 2021 in Portland, Oregon. Wright, a Black man whose car was stopped in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota on Sunday reportedly for an expired registration, and not far from where George Floyd was killed during an arrest in Minneapolis last May, was shot and killed by an officer who police say mistook her service revolver for a Taser.
“They aren’t around to protect the community, or to make people feel safe, whatever they say — that has been clear since I was a child. As the trial examined grueling video of Floyd dying while Chauvin knelt on his knee, outside the courtroom, fresh examples of police killings have stoked anger and protests.
“Just look at the videos that come out every day. We will keep fighting. The trial is just one case, and this battle is not over until justice is always served.” The suspect, who is accused of attacking shop staff who asked him to wear a Covid-19 mask, rammed a police car and drove off with the officer hanging onto his car.“Was that man shot? No, of course not. That tells you all you need to know about police prejudice,” said McKnight.
Downtown Minneapolis has been largely boarded up and deserted during the trial, with armed National Guard troops patrolling in armored vehicles.