Brooklyn Center’s curfew will go into effect tonight at 10 p.m. CT, according to a tweet from Operation Safety Net.
Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott announced his city would have a curfew for a second consecutive night earlier today.
The curfew will extend until 6 a.m. CT on Wednesday, according to Operation Safety Net.
Monday’s curfew in Brooklyn Center started two hours earlier at 8 p.m. local time.
A 10 p.m. CT curfew has been called for St. Paul, Minnesota, tonight, according to a statement on their official website.
Like the previous curfew notice from Minneapolis, there are certain exemptions including members of the press, first responders, law enforcement, community patrol organizations and those traveling to or from work.
The order in St. Paul expires at 6 a.m. CT on Wednesday, the city said.
Operation Safety Net also announced 10 p.m. CT curfews for these nearby municipalities:
Brooklyn Park, a city next to Brooklyn Center where Daunte Wright was shot and killed by police, has called for an 8 p.m. CT curfew this evening, according to a statement from Mayor Pro Tempore Tonja West-Hafner.
Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott indicated in a tweet that there will be a curfew in his city tonight, but did not specify a time. CNN has reached out for more details.
“Some outside elements may be planning to show up to infiltrate peaceful protesters and cause mayhem, we will not allow that,” Elliott tweeted today. “We ask folks to protest peacefully then please go home before the curfew goes into effect this evening.”
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison said that the Daunte Wright shooting case should stay with Washington County Prosecutor Pete Orput, according to statements provided by their offices Tuesday afternoon.
Earlier in the day, Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott called on Walz to have the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office take over the case.
“The Attorney General is currently focused on prosecuting Derek Chauvin,” Teddy Tschann, spokesperson for Walz, told CNN in an email. “This case is in the hands of the Washington County Attorney, and we expect him to move quickly.”
“Attorney General Ellison has confidence in County Attorney Orput’s review of the case,” John Stiles, Ellison’s deputy chief of staff, added in an email to CNN Tuesday afternoon.
For the second consecutive night, a curfew has been called for Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Mayor Jacob Frey issued an emergency regulation Tuesday afternoon that includes a 10 p.m. local time curfew, which will remain in effect until 6 a.m. local time Wednesday morning.
There are certain exemptions including members of the press, first responders, law enforcement, community patrol organizations and those traveling to or from work, according to the city statement.
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, Mayor Mike Elliott said in a news conference that the police department does not have many people of color.
According to data provided by Armando Oster, Brooklyn Center’s community engagement specialist, there are 47 officers on the police department. Four of the officers are African-American. The remaining officers include four Asian officers, 36 White officers, one Hispanic officer, and two Middle Eastern officers. There are 40 male officers and seven female officers on the police department, Oster said.
Earlier the mayor said none of the police officers live in Brooklyn Center.
Correction: An earlier version of this post misattributed the source of the police department data. The data was provided by Armando Oster.
Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott said while he is limited in terms of what he can say about the firing of City Manager Curt Boganey, “the city council had significant concerns regarding how the city responded to the protest.”
Boganey was relieved of his duties on Monday. The city’s deputy city manager will assume Boganey’s duties moving forward, Elliott said Monday.
Washington County Prosecutor Pete Orput told CNN that he “hopes” to have a charging decision regarding former Brooklyn Center Police officer Kim Potter in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright by Wednesday.
CNN previously reported that Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman sent the case to the Washington County Attorney’s Office to make the charging decision in this case.
Potter was identified as the officer who shot Wright, and the Brooklyn Center mayor said she resigned from the police department.
The move is part of a new procedure agreed upon by five urban county attorneys in Minnesota concerning police use of force cases where they are moved to different counties, “to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest in handling such cases,” Freeman said in a statement.
“I hope to have a charging decision by tomorrow,” Orput told CNN in an email Tuesday afternoon. “I just received voluminous documents and with enough coffee, I’ll have something tomorrow.”
President Biden addressed a “pretty painful week” with members of the Congressional Black Caucus at the White House on Wednesday, discussing the passing of Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings, the shooting of Daunte Wright and the Derek Chauvin trial.
The President also discussed the need for equity in the Black community, saying the government can create real change with regards to policing as well as economic inequality.
“But we’re in the business, all of us meeting today, to deliver some real change,” Biden said, discussing an executive order he signed upon taking office to focus on equity.
Biden thanked the members of the Congressional Black Caucus he was meeting with for their support in passing the American Rescue Plan which he said helped address eliminating child poverty and he thanked them for ideas they shared with him that helped shape the American Jobs Plan proposal.
“And so I look forward to discussing all these priorities, the CBC priorities, and the goals you have for the community. But quite frankly, the goals you have for the community are good for every community,” Biden said.
George Floyd’s brother, Philonise Floyd, offered his condolences and vowed to stand with the family of Daunte Wright.
“We will stand in support with you…the world is traumatized, watching another African-American man being slayed,” he said at a news conference today.
Philonise Floyd said he woke up Tuesday morning with the shooting on his mind, adding, “I don’t want to see another victim.”
He said Wright’s killing reminded him of Oscar Grant, who was killed on New Year’s Day in 2009 by a police officer in Oakland, California. The officer killed Grant said he “accidentally” shot grant when reaching for the taser, CNN has reported.
“It’s a time for change, and that time is now,” said Philonise Floyd. “Minneapolis, you can’t sweep this under the rug anymore.”
“We’re here and we will fight for justice for his family, just like we’re fighting for our brother,” he said.
Philonise Floyd called for protesters across the nation to stand up “because times like this, people need hugs, people need to be given love, this mom is grieving.”
Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott said they have asked for the Thin Blue Line flag outside the police department to be removed.
“We don’t want the flag to be a flashpoint that angers people and does that in a way that, you know, that they’re going to come to the department,” he said.
Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott was grilled during another tense news conference today after he announced that the officer who shot Daunte Wright had submitted her resignation.
People in the room during the news conference expressed concerns that the officer, Kim Potter, would be allowed to resign and not be fired. Elliott responded that he has “not accepted her resignation” yet.
He said his office is continuing to review the matter.
Daunte Wright’s family described their pain and frustration after he was shot and killed by a Minnesota police officer on Sunday.
The mother of Wright’s 2-year-old son said he was “stolen” from the family.
“My son, he don’t have a dad,” Chyna Whitaker said at a news conference today. “I feel like they stole my son’s dad from him.”
Wright’s aunt spoke in lieu of her brother, Wright’s father, because he was too heartbroken to address the crowd himself, a lawyer for the family said.
One of Wright’s cousins grew emotional as he described how he won’t be able to spend another holiday with him.
“I won’t be able to spend holidays with him anymore,” he said, adding that the 4th of July was their favorite, because they’d set off Roman candles together.
“We’re not going to be able to do that no more,” he said.
Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott said he hopes the message the city’s leadership can send to the community following the police shooting of Daunte Wright is that “we’re taking this situation very seriously.”
Elliott said despite things not unfolding “the way we thought, ultimately they should unfold.” He added that he hopes “that we’re turning over a new leaf.”
The mayor said he’s confident that the city and police department will develop a community-based approach, which includes working with strong voices within the community who are influences and also partnering directly with the police department.
Elliott expressed his hope that the leadership will provide people that opportunity to “speak-up and deliver their grievances” directly to the government.
“We want the community to know that this leadership for the department here, these are two individuals who are in the acting chief in particular, they both are committed, committed to engaging the community, engaging people who are out here protesting and that’s the message we want to send. We think that we can do both. We can keep the community safe and we can do that by working with the community and working with leaders,” Elliott explained.
Brooklyn Center’s Acting Police Chief Tony Gruenig, speaking at a news conference today, said he just learned about the changes to the police department in the past hour.
Earlier in the news conference, Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott said that Police Chief Tim Gannon had resigned following the shooting of Daunte Wright. The officer who shot Wright, Kim Potter, has also resigned.
Elliott said Gruenig has spent a lot of time in the community and knows the city well.
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, Mayor Mike Elliott said that the former officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, Kim Potter, decided on her own to resign from the police department.
“We did not ask her to resign. That was a decision she made,” he said.
He said he “couldn’t agree more” with the officer’s decision.
George Floyd’s brother extended his family’s condolences to the family of Daunte Wright.
“We will stand in support with you all,” Philonise Floyd said at a news conference today.
Floyd was killed in May 2020 after Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, placed his knee on Floyd’s neck while he pleaded, “I can’t breathe.” Chauvin — who is charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter — is currently on trial. The 12th day of testimony began this morning.
Wright was killed Sunday during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota — which is about 10 miles away from where Chauvin’s trial is playing out.
Ben Crump, an attorney for the family of Daunte Wright, spoke during a news conference about the police shooting of Wright in Minnesota.
Crump said it was a “bittersweet” moment to be speaking to the crowd because George Floyd’s family, who he also represents, came out to support Wright’s family.
He expressed outrage since Wright was killed just 10 miles from where the trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin is taking place.
Crump said it was hard for him to fathom that a police officer would “kill another unarmed Black man” during such a critical trial regarding excessive force.
“If ever there was ever a time when nobody should be killed by police, it is during this pinnacle trial of Derek Chauvin,” he said. “We believed with everything in our heart, Katie, that police would be on their best behavior. That they would exercise their greatest standard of care. That they would concentrate on deescalation in a way that they have never concentrated in America.”
“Regrettably, two days ago” Wright was killed during a traffic citation, Crump said.
“Daunte Wright’s life matters,” he said.
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, Mayor Mike Elliott said today that Police Chief Tim Gannon has resigned following the shooting of Daunte Wright. The officer who shot Wright has also resigned.
Elliott said that Commander Tony Gruenig is going to be the acting chief.
Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott told CNN that officer Kim Potter has resigned from the Brooklyn Center Police Department.
Potter is accused of killing 20-year-old Daunte Wright in what the police chief described as an accidental shooting. She had been with the police department for 26 years.
In a letter to Elliott, acting City Manager Reggie Edwards and Police Chief Tim Gannon, Potter wrote that she “loved every minute of being a police officer and serving this community to the best of my ability.”
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said his state is going through a “challenging time.”
“Next week’s verdict will be an inflection point for not only Minnesota, certainly not just Minneapolis, St. Paul and in the surrounding area, but for our entire country,” the governor said.
The governor held a short Q&A while touring a Covid-19 vaccination site, but he said the pain across the state goes hand in hand.
Addressing the protests that took place last night, Walz said the state will not issue a curfew, but will leave that up to local jurisdictions. “I want to be very clear, taking a step of a curfew is a pretty big one, and I want local law enforcement, local officials to be giving that input, before that’s taken.”
The National Guard will remain in place until the end of the trial for Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin trial, as was always the plan, he said. Chauvin is charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.
Last night, chemical irritants were used on the crowd. “I get it very clearly,” Walz said. “If those things are used indiscriminately, without a clear purpose, they irritate the crowd, they create the situation to be much more volatile.”
“If they’re used indiscriminately or not judiciously, they simply make the crowd angrier,” he said. “But there is a place for them.”
Walz said he thinks they were used correctly last night.
“I would argue and make the case that last night, the protection of life, the protection of property, and the clear, thoughtful use of how these were deployed in a limited manner made sense,” the governor said.
Walz said there were four minor injuries last night.
