A young African American was killed during a police check in a suburb of the US city of Minneapolis. The 20-year-old died yesterday after a police officer shot him during a traffic stop, the police department of the city of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota said. In the evening, hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the local police station. Police used tear gas and stun grenades against them.
According to the authorities, the young man had been stopped for a traffic offense. It was found that there was an arrest warrant against him. The officers tried to arrest him, whereupon the 20-year-old tried to flee with his car.
One of the officers shot the car and hit the driver, who died on the spot. A passenger suffered „non-life-threatening injuries“ and was taken to a local hospital.
The incident occurred almost a year after the violent death of the African American George Floyd on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis, a few kilometers away, who caused outrage around the world and sparked unprecedented anti-racism protests in the United States.
The trial of the white police officer Derek Chauvin is currently underway in Minneapolis, who held the knee behind the neck of the 46-year-old for more than nine minutes after he was arrested on charges of counterfeit money. Floyd passed out and died.
