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Minneapolis police responded to the scene and issued a dispersal order for the crowd that had gathered there. [72] The next day, Minneapolis police arrested the person it believed had fired the gunshots and the arrest warrant alleged the person was part of a known group of illicit street racers in the city. [9]
The Minneapolis Police Department released a 27-second video from an officer's body camera on December 31, 2020. [3] A spokesperson for Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said the city released the video footage to dispel rumors about the incident, and that the segment released had the clearest view of footage they had in possession. [47]
In the early 2020s, the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Minnesota experienced a wave of civil unrest, comprising peaceful demonstrations and riots, against systemic racism toward black Americans, notably in the form of police violence.
Local unrest in Minneapolis–Saint Paul immediately after Floyd's murder was the second-most destructive to property in U.S. history, after the 1992 Los Angeles riots, [14] but peaceful protest gatherings at the intersection in late May 2020 were free of the property destruction, arson, and looting that characterized other local demonstrations.
[44] [49] A statement from the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, the local police union, includes: "Policing, particularly with a SWAT team, is a dangerous, high-stress profession where officers are forced to make important split-second decisions in defense of themselves and fellow officers, especially when weapons are involved". [39]
The Warehouse District Live series has drawn some unfavorable comparisons to other events that close city streets, such as the popular Open Streets events, the contract of which the city ended in ...
Daunte Wright was an unarmed, 20-year-old biracial [43] Black man, [44] who was fatally shot by Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter during an altercation at a traffic stop on April 11, 2021, on 63 Avenue North in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
May 27: Texts and e-mails obtained from Minneapolis by the Minnesota Star Tribune through public records requests in August 2020, show Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on May 27 to request the National Guard to assist the municipality, [120] after peaceful protests evolved into a dangerous situation, resulting in ...