Brooklyn Center Police use tear gas on protesters

Protester in tear gas outside Brooklyn Center Police Department in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
Protester in tear gas outside Brooklyn Center Police Department in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.

Protesters gathered outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department on April 11, 2021, following the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright by an officer earlier that day. The incident sparked widespread protests and unrest in the Minneapolis suburb. Law enforcement responded with tear gas and other crowd control measures as demonstrators voiced their anger and grief over Wright's death and broader issues of police violence.

Photo taken in April 2021.

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