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Despair at vigil for another Black man killed by US police

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Ben Sheppard, Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/tvpatrol/04/11/brooklyn-center,-minnesota.jpg"/><figcaption>A woman who was tear gassed while confronting police raises her arms outside Brooklyn Center Police Department after police allegedly shot and killed a man, who local media report is identified by the victim&#x27;s mother as Daunte Wright, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, U.S., April 11, 2021.<em> Nick Pfosi, Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MINNEAPOLIS - At the quiet suburban intersection in Minneapolis where Daunte Wright was shot dead, mourners expressed despair over the latest police killing of a Black person to shake the United States.</p><p>&quot;We hope for change, but realistically our expectations are different,&quot; said Butchy Austin, 37, a corporate sales worker who has become a social activist since the killing of George Floyd in the city last year.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/04/12/21/protests-erupt-after-police-shoot-black-man-in-minneapolis-traffic-stop">Protests erupt after police shoot Black man in Minneapolis traffic stop</a></li></ul><p>A white police officer is currently on trial, accused of murdering Floyd -- and Wright&#x27;s death on Sunday has further fueled public anger over Black men killed by police.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/03/07/21/trial-to-begin-for-us-policeman-charged-with-george-floyd-death">Trial to begin for US policeman charged with George Floyd death</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Frankly, being a person of color is tiring,&quot; said Austin. &quot;We want to know that we can be safe.&quot;</p><p>&quot;It is a systematic problem, and the fight has to be to completely rebuild the system to get equality for all.&quot;</p><p>Austin had helped transport a memorial sculpture of a clenched fist from the site where Floyd was killed to where Wright died.</p><p>On Monday evening, hundreds gathered at a vigil around the sculpture before the start of a curfew imposed to prevent overnight protests and looting.</p><div><strong>- &#x27;So traumatic&#x27; -</strong></div><p>&quot;I have come to show my respect for the family in a respectful, peaceful way,&quot; said Mabel Fall, a nurse at the Abbott Northwestern hospital in Minneapolis.</p><p>&quot;We don&#x27;t want any violence to take away from the family&#x27;s grief.</p><p>&quot;We may not yet know all the facts, but we know that another man has died.&quot;</p><p>Wright died after an officer confused her handgun with her Taser during a traffic stop, according to police and bodycam footage of the incident.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/04/13/21/cop-mistook-handgun-for-taser-in-fatal-us-shooting-of-black-man-say-police">Cop mistook handgun for taser in fatal US shooting of Black man, say police</a></li></ul><p>Luann Yerks, 68, a retired white woman who drove across the city to attend the vigil, said: &quot;These deaths have been so traumatic for Minneapolis and of course the Black community.</p><p>&quot;These types of deaths are not new. They have been happening all along, but many people didn&#x27;t believe how police treated Black people.</p><p>&quot;More of the country is becoming aware as it is all on video now.&quot;</p><p>At the local police station a short distance away, the apparently accidental cause of Wright&#x27;s death did little to assuage an angry crowd.</p><p>Protesters taunted police through newly-erected wire fence around the station, and carried signs saying, &quot;Jail all racist killer cops,&quot; &quot;Am I next?&quot; and &quot;No justice, no peace.&quot;</p><p>Police later used tear gas to disperse the crowd.</p><p>Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Minnesota, said the US culture of policing had to change.</p><p>&quot;The police perceive themselves as great people doing great things and, when something happens, it is always &#x27;just one bad person,&#x27;&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;That&#x27;s what&#x27;s happening in the trial of Derek Chauvin (for Floyd&#x27;s murder).&quot;</p><p>Hussein accused authorities of using the trial and Wright&#x27;s death to &quot;disproportionally activate&quot; a security crackdown in the city.</p><p>&quot;It was already planned before the trial, and now they have the chance to put the curfew in place,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;It is very important for the community to grieve, but it is not being allowed space to do that.&quot;</p><p>bgs/to</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1636917" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>At the quiet suburban intersection in Minneapolis where Daunte Wright was shot dead, mourners expressed despair over the latest police killing of a Black person to shake the United States.</p>

At the quiet suburban intersection in Minneapolis where Daunte Wright was shot dead, mourners expressed despair over the latest police killing of a Black person to shake the United States.

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Despair at vigil for another Black man killed by US police

Ben Sheppard,

Agence France-Presse

Published Apr 13, 2021 01:20 PM PHT

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