Protests follow fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright in Minnesota
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The fatal police shooting of a young black man after a traffic stop sparked angry protests overnight in Minnesota, the Democrats' majority is looking precarious as Congress, and Prince Philip's death puts the spotlight on the royals' next generation.
Here is what we're watching this Monday morning.
Fatal police shooting near Minneapolis followed by unrest, tear gas and rubber bullets
Protests erupted after police shot and killed a Black man on Sunday during a stop for a traffic violation, sparking unrest in a town just miles from where George Floyd was killed during an arrest in Minneapolis last May.
The man killed by police was identified by relatives and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as Daunte Wright, 20.
The state mobilized the National Guard after crowds gathered in front of the Brooklyn Center Police Department on Sunday evening, and a curfew was ordered through Monday morning. Officers fired rubber bullets and tear gas, NBC News affiliate KARE reported.
Wright's mother, Katie Wright, told reporters at the scene that she received a call from her son on Sunday afternoon telling her that police had pulled him over for having air fresheners dangling from his rear-view mirror, illegal in Minnesota.
"I heard police officers say, 'Daunte, don't run,'" she said through tears. After the call ended she dialed his number again, and his girlfriend answered and said he had been shot.
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