Eleven months have passed since George Floyd’s murder, history repeats itself. The images of the African American killed by former agent Derek Chauvin -still on trial- shocked the world, raising a huge media fuss. The controversy seemed to have stopped but flared up again. The victim is a 20-year-old, Daunte Wright, who was in a car with his girlfriend when he was stopped by the agent. According to police reconstructions, the boy had a pending arrest warrant and allegedly tried to re-enter the vehicle to escape while the officer stried to arrest him: at that point, a police woman would have fired. The young man’s car, out of control, crashed into another vehicle, killing the boy. A crowd immediately gathered at the crime scene, including the victim’s mother. The reaction from civilians was not long in coming and the crowd moved in front of the police department: hundreds of people clashed with the police in riot gear, who fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. The Minnesota National Guard, already involved in the city for the Chauvin trial, also arrived at the scene. The clashes continued until 1 am. Meanwhile, the mayor had imposed a curfew in the city until 6 am, while President Joe Biden called on protesters to react peacefully. The suspect, Kimberly Potter, a 26-yearcareer, is defined by the police chief as an excellent policewoman with a lot of experience, who made a “tragic mistake” due to a “distraction” by mistakenly mistaking the gun for the teaser. In the videos shot by passersby, however, the agent seemed aware of what she was doing, and for this reason she was initially suspended from office and indicted on second degree murder charges before being released on bail of one hundred thousand dollars. This latest event caused strong indignation and it is feared it could have strong repercussions, especially given the latest tragic events that involved the city of Minneapolis.
Michela Tana 4M
