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.WE'RE
.WE'RE WE'RE LIVE IN BROOKLYN CENTER THIS MORNING .
>> SPOTS OF BROKEN GLASS
AND BOARDED UP BUSINESSES
ARE POPPING UP AROUND THE CITY
AS PEOPLE PROTEST THE DEATH
OF DAUNTA NRIGHT WHO SHOT
AND KILLED BY POLICE THERE.
>> THIS MORNING WE'RE LEARNING
MORE ABOUT THE SHOOTING AND THE
UNREST THAT FOLLOWED.
>> LET'S CATCH YOU UP ON
THE THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD
KNOW. PEOPLE IN THE TWIN CITIES
ARE FREE TO TRAVEL AGAIN.
CURFUEW ENDED MOMENTS AGO AT
6:00 A.M. IT WENT INTO EFFECT
LAST NIGHT AT 7:00 IN HENNEPIN
RAMSEY AND ANOKOA COUNTIES, ALSO
DAKOTA. NOW AROUND 40 PEOPLE
WERE ARRESTED AT THE BROOKYLN
CENTER. POLICE DEPARTMENT
YESTERDAY. 13 PEOPLE
IN MINNEAPOLIS WERE ARRESTED
AND THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS SAYS
THE OFFICER INVOLVED IN FATALLY
SHOOTING DAUNTA IS KIM POTTER.
A TWENTY SIX YEAR VETERAN ON THE
FORCE.
FORCE.
FORCE. >>
FORCE. >> WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE
BREAKING DOWN ALL THIS
INFORMATION FOR YOU THIS
MORNING . LET'S GET RIGHT
TO KYRA WITH THE LATEST FROM
OPERATION SAFETY NET OVERNIGHT.
>> CAIO CHRISTOFAR, GOOD
MORNING . FIRST, I WANT TO SHOW
YOU GUYS WHAT WE'RE SEEING OUT
HERE IN BROOKLYN CENTER.
THE MAIN MESSAGE HERE , DAMAGE.
THIS IS A SHOPPING STRIP THAT'S
LOCATED JUST ACROSS THE STREET
FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND YOU CAN SEE SHATTERED GLASS.
YOU COULD SEE MERCHANDISE JUST
ON THE SIDEWALK HERE . I AM
GETTING SICK OF THIS SMELL
PERSONALLY. IT SMELLS LIKE
BURNING PLASTIC. IT'S NOT FUN
TO BE AROUND
INSIDE.
INSIDE. YOU CAN HEAR WATER RUNNING IF WE ZOOM IN A LITTLE
BIT HERE . THAT'S BECAUSE
THE SPRINKLERS ARE ON RIGHT NOW
THIS MORNING AT DOLLAR TREE
IN BROOKLYN CENTER.
>> EARLIER YOU COULD SEE SMOKE
COMING FROM THIS SAME STORE AS
OFFICERS MOVED IN WEARING RIOT
GEAR. BUT THAT'S FOR THAT UPDATE
FROM OPERATION SAFETY NET.
OFFICIALS SAY AFTER CURFEW WENT
INTO EFFECT AT SEVEN O'CLOCK
LAST NIGHT, AT LEAST 40 PEOPLE
WERE ARRESTED FOR REASONS
RANGING FROM BREAKING CURFEW
TO LOOTING AND RIOTING. FIVE
MINNEAPOLIS BUSINESSES THAT WERE
ALSO HIT, INCLUDING A LIQUOR
STORE IN WEST BROADWAY AND A
TARGET EXPRESS ON WESTLAKE.
>> OFFICIALS SAY SOME PEOPLE
THREW DEBRIS AT OFFICERS CAUSING
MINOR INJURIES. THEY DON'T
BELIEVE ANYONE ELSE WAS HURT.
LAST NIGHT, ATTORNEY GENERAL
KEITH ELLISON AND MAYOR MIKE
ELLIOTT ADDRESSED THE CROWD
URGING PEACE . LISTEN
TO ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH
ELLISON RIGHT NOW.
>> RAISE YOUR VOICES. LET'S DO
IT IN A WAY TO EVERYBODY. STAY
SAFE. WE DON'T. NO MORE. NO MORE
MARTYRS. CERTAINLY NOBODY
HERE RIGHT NOW. OPERATION SAFETY
NET OFFICIALS SAY WE CAN EXPECT
TO LEARN NEW DETAILS ABOUT
ARREST NUMBERS AT SOME
POINT THIS MORNING . AND NOW
THAT THE CURFEW IS LIFTED,
THE MAIN QUESTION PROBABLY A LOT
OF US HAVE WAKING UP IS ARE WE
GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT
AGAIN? WELL , THAT WAS ASKED
AND THEY SAID THEY DON'T KNOW
JUST YET. SO WE'LL KEEP YOU
POSTED ON THAT AS WE CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE SITUATION OUT
HERE . BROOKYN CENTER. YEAH,
WE SHOULD FIND OUT IN A NUMBER
OF HOURS. THANK YOU FOR THAT
UPDATE, KYLE.
UPDATE, KYLE. >> NOW, THE MINNESOTA BETKER HAS
IDENTIFIED THE OFFICER WHO SHOT
RIGHT. AND WE MENTIONED THIS KIM
POTTER. SHE'S BEEN WITH A
BROOKYLN CENTER POLICE
DEPARTMENT FOR TWENTY SIX YEARS
AND WAS THE DEPARTMENT'S POLICE
UNION PRESIDENT. TWENTY
NINETEEN. POTTER WAS ALSO
HONORED WITH THE MEDAL OF MERIT
FOR HELPING RESCUE PEOPLE FROM
A HOUSE FIRE.
>> RIGHT NOW SHE IS
ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
A DECISION COULD COME TODAY
WHETHER TO FIRE POTTER AND THE
BROOKLYN CENTER POLICE CHIEF .
LATE LAST NIGHT, THE CITY
COUNCIL RECOMMENDED BOTH BE
FIRED IMMEDIATELY.
FIRED IMMEDIATELY. >> JENNIFER AUSTIN JOINS US
WITH MORE ON THAT. PLUS
NEW DETAILS INTO THE SHOOTING
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. >> JEN.
>> JEN.
>> JEN. >> YES, IN ADDITION TO ALL
OF THAT, WE LEARNED FROM
THE HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL
EXAMINER THAT DAUNTA RIGHT. DIED
FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE
CHEST. THE POLICE CHIEF CALLED
THE SHOOTING ACCIDENTAL. HE SAID
THE OFFICER INTENDED TO GRAB HER
TASER BUT GRABBED HER GUN
INSTEAD. BEFORE WE PLAY THE BODY
CAMERA VIDEO FOR YOU, WE WANT
TO LET YOU KNOW IF YOU DON'T
KNOW ALREADY THAT IT IS HARD
TO WATCH. SO HERE'S WHAT
HAPPENS. IT STARTS BY SHOWING
SEVERAL OFFICERS APPROACHING
WRIGHT'S VEHICLE. THE CHIEF SAID
HE WAS PULLED OVER SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AROUND 2:00,
ORIGINALLY FOR EXPIRED TABS.
THE OFFICERS THEN FOUND OUT
RIGHT. HAD AN OUTSTANDING
WARRANT FROM APRIL 2ND QUARTER.
DOCUMENTS REVEAL HE DIDN'T SHOW
UP TO COURT ON CHARGES RELATED
TO CARRYING A PISTOL WITHOUT
A PERMIT LAST MONTH AND FLEEING
POLICE LAST YEAR WHEN THEY TRIED
TO ARREST HIM. THE CHIEF SAYS
WRIGHT TRIED TO GET BACK IN THE
CAR. A STRUGGLE ENSUES. AN
OFFICER YELLS TASER, WHICH WE'RE
TOLD IS PROTOCOL AND ONE WILL BE
DEPLOYED. BUT INSTEAD THE CHIEF
SAID THE OFFICER GRABBED HER
HANDGUN SHOOTING RIGHT ONCE.
>> AND WE RECOGNIZED THAT THIS
COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED AT
A WORSE TIME. WE RECOGNIZE
THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AT A TIME
WHEN OUR COMMUNITY WHEN ALL
OF AMERICA INDEED ALL THE WORLD
IS WATCHING OUR COMMUNITY,
THAT
THAT WE
THAT WE ARE ALL COLLECTIVELY DEVASTATED AND WE HAVE BEEN
FOR OVER A YEAR NOW BY
THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLORD.
THE MAYOR WHO YOU JUST HEARD
FROM, SAID HE SUPPORTS RELIEVING
THE OFFICER OF HER DUTIES.
AND WE DID MENTION THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL LAST NIGHT RECOMMENDED
SHE BE FIRED ALONG WITH THE
POLICE CHIEF . ALSO LAST NIGHT,
THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED
A RESOLUTION BANNING CROWD
CONTROL TACTICS. SO THINGS LIKE
TEAR GAS AND RUBBER BULLETS,
WE DON'T KNOW. HOWEVER, WHEN
THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT.
>> SO, JENNIFER , WHAT DO
WE KNOW ABOUT WHETHER THIS
OFFICER WILL BE CHARGED?
>> HE HAS A WASHINGTON COUNTY
ATTORNEY, PETE ORPUT IS HANDLING
THE CASE. HE'LL GET THE CASE
FROM THE BCA THIS MORNING .
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TOLD. HE ALSO
SAID THAT HE WANTS TO MEET
WITH THE RIGHT FAMILY AND HE
HE SAID THAT HE PLANS IF HE DOES
FILE CHARGES, IF THEY'RE
APPROPRIATE. HE'LL BE FILING
THEM LATE TODAY OR TOMORROW.
KARE11 WILL BE SURE. STAYING
ON TOP OF THAT, JENNIFER LIVE
IN BROOKYLN CENTER FOR US.
THANK YOU. AND WE'RE STILL
LEARNING ABOUT THE YOUNG MAN AT
THE CENTER OF ALL OF THIS, 20
YEAR OLD DAUNTA NRIGHT FAMILY
MEMBERS, INCLUDING KATIE NRIGHT
DAUNTA. HIS MOM SPOKE AT HIS
VIGIL LAST NIGHT TELLING
THE CROWD THAT DAUNTA WAS SO
MUCH MORE THAN ALL OF THIS.
>> HE WAS GONE BROOTEN YOU
REMEMBER UNCLE, FATHER
AND GRANDFATHER THOMAS MOORE,
EVERYBODY YOU KNOW, DOESN'T KNOW
HOW TO KILL TO THE SHIRT OFF HIS
BACK THROUGH THE TEARS AND PAIN
AT THE VIGIL LAST NIGHT, DAUNTA
HIS FAMILY STILL UNDERSTANDIBLY
IN SHOCK OF WHAT HAPPENED
WITH HIS MOTHER SAYING
THAT SHE'LL NEVER GET HER SON
BACK BECAUSE OF A MISTAKE AT
THE HANDS OF POLICE ATTORNEY BEN
CRUMP, WHO REPRESENTS THE FAMILY
OF GEORGE FLOYD, WILL ALSO
REPRESENT DAUNTA FAMILY. WE'RE
TOLD GEORGE FLOYDS FAMILY
WILL JOIN DAUNTA WRIGHT'S FAMILY
AT NOON TODAY FOR A NEWS PRESS
CONFERENCE. WE'RE ALSO LEARNING
THAT DAUNTA WAS A PRJECT SUCCESS
STUDENT, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT
THAT HELPS STUDENTS DREAM
AND PLAN FOR THEIR FUTURES. THEY
WROTE A REPORT THAT DAUNTA,
QUOTE, LIT UP THE ROOM IN OUR
CLASSROOM WORKSHOPS. WE'RE
HEARTBROKEN THINKING OF HIS
FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY
AND PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
WRITING A POST ABOUT DAUNTA
SAYING TODAY, I'M THINKING ABOUT
DAUNTA NRIGHT AND HIS FAMILY
AND THE PAIN, ANGER AND TRAUMA
THAT BLACK AMERICA EXPERIENCES
EVERY DAY. THE PRESIDENT WENT
TO SAY THAT WHILE WE AWAIT
A FULL INVESTIGATION, WE KNOW
WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MOVE
FORWARD, REBUILD TRUST
AND ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY.
>> SO NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
AND GUYS, I WAS CHECKING
THE FAMILY AS GOFUNDME
DEEPHAVEN, DAUNTA REDBY FAMILY
WELL OVER TWO HUNDRED FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS SO FAR.
>> YEAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
CONTRIBUTED TO THAT. THANKS.
>> AS WE SAID EARLIER, BROOKLYN
CENTER'S POLICE CHIEF BELIEVES
POTTER MEANT TO USE HER TASER,
NOT HER GUN.
>> A BIG QUESTION WE'VE BEEN
ASKED IS HOW COULD THE OFFICER
GET CONFUSED AND PULL THE WRONG
WEAPON? TURNS OUT IT HAPPENS
MORE THAN YOU THINK.
>> AND THERE ARE WAYS POLICE TRY
TO PREVENT IT.
>> NEARLY TWO DECADES AGO
IN ROCHESTER, CHRISTOFAR,
OUR ATTACK WAS SHOT IN THE BACK
BY AN OFFICER WHO LATER CLAIMED
HE PULLED THE WRONG GUN.
BROOKLYN CENTER POLICE
CHIEF SAYS THEIR OFFICERS
CARRY THEIR HANDGUNS AND TASERS
ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF THEIR BODY
TO TRY TO PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE
THIS FROM HAPPENING.
>> SO IF YOU'RE RIGHT HANDED,
YOU CARRY YOUR FIREARM ON YOUR
RIGHT SIDE AND CURFUEW TASER
ON THE LEFT.
>> ATTORNEY ANDY NOAL
REPRESENTED ATTACK WHEN HE WAS
SHOT. HE SAYS HE LEARNED
A LAUNDRY LIST OF REASONS
WHY OFFICERS SHOULD NEVER
MISTAKE THEIR SERVICE WEAPON
FOR A TASER. THE WEIGHT OF THE
FIREARM IS DIFFERENT. THE FEEL
OF IT, THE TRIGGER OF THE
TRIGGER PULL THE CONSEQUENCES
FOR OR USING THE WRONG ONE
ARE JUST TOO GREAT. THE BCA
INVESTIGATED THE SHOOTING
OF ATTACK BACK IN 2002. THEY
AGREED WITH THE OFFICER'S
ACCOUNT THAT IT WAS AN
ACCIDENTAL MIX UP OF WEAPONS
AND NO CRIMINAL CHARGES WERE
BROUGHT.
BROUGHT.
BROUGHT. >> NOW WE KNOW THESE ARE VERY
TRAUMATIC EVENTS AND IT CAN TAKE
A TOLL ON MANY OF US IF YOU OR
SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS LOOKING
FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES,
PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL
ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS. THEY
PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON NAVIGATING
THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM AND BE
SURE TO STAY TUNED TO KARE11
ON AIR AND ONLINE WILL BRING YOU
THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AS SOON
AS THEY COME INTO THE NEWSROOM.
>> ALL THIS HAPPENING JUST MILES
FROM WHERE DEREK CHAUVIN IS
STANDING TRIAL FOR THE DEATH
OF GEORGE FLOYD. THE DEFENSE
WILL START CALLING WITNESSES
TODAY. IT COMES AFTER AN
EMOTIONAL DAY OF TESTIMONY FROM
GEORGE FLOYDS BROTHER.
ON MONDAY, HE TESTIFIED THAT AS
A SPARK OF LIFE WITNESS HELPING
TO HUMANIZE THE VICTIM FOR THE
JURY.
JURY.
JURY. >>
JURY. >> HE WAS A BIG MAMA'S BOY BEING
ROLLIN. HE SHOWED US LIKE HOW
TO TREAT OUR MOM AND HOW
TO RESPECT OUR MOM. HE HE JUST
HE LOVED SO DEARLY. CHILDREN'S
DEFENSE BROUGHT UP THE VIOLENCE
IN BROOKLYN CENTER AS A REASON
TO SEQUESTER THE JURY.
JUDGE PETER CAHILL DENIED
THE MOTION. HE AGREED WITH THE
PROSECUTION THAT THE TWO CASES
ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
>> BE SURE TO TUNE INTO
OUR TRIAL COVERAGE RIGHT HERE ON
KARE11 . WE'LL BE AIRING GAVEL
TO GAVEL COVERAGE STARTING
AROUND 9:00 A.M. YOU CAN ALSO
FOLLOW ALONG ON OUR
DIGITAL PLATFORMS. BREAKING THIS
MORNING , FEDERAL HEALTH
AGENCIES ARE CALLING FOR AN
IMMEDIATE PAUSE. THE JOHNSON
AND JOHNSON'S A SINGLE DOSE
COVID VACCINE. THEY SAY SIX
PEOPLE WHO GOT THE VACCINE
HERE IN THE U.S. HAVE NOW
DEVELOPED A RARE DISORDER
INVOLVING BLOOD CLOTS. IT
HAPPENED WITHIN ABOUT TWO WEEKS
OF THE VACCINATION, SIX DUNNELL.
>> LET'S TAKE A LIVE LOOK
OUTSIDE THIS MORNING . THIS IS
OVER DOWNTOWN ST. PAUL RIGHT
THERE. AND IT MIGHT BE SPRING,
BUT SOME PARTS OF MINNESOTA,
THEY'RE SEEING FLAKES THIS
MORNING , LAURA . YEAH, WE'RE
KIND OF FEEL LIKE VERY EARLY
SPRING HERE TODAY. THIRTY
FOUR DEGREES WITH A WIND CHILL
OF THIRTY FIVE. TWENTY FIVE AT
THE MOMENT. A LOT OF THE
MOISTURE IS CONCENTRATED INTO
NORTHERN MINNESOTA. THAT'S WHERE
WE HAVE SOME PRETTY DECENT
POCKETS OF SNOW STILL COMING
DOWN. JUST SOME FLURRIES, VERY
LIGHT FLURRIES HERE IN THE TWIN
CITIES. AND THIS IS WHAT
WE'LL KEEP ON AND OFF THROUGHOUT
THE DAY TODAY AS TEMPERATURES
WARM UP MORE INTO THE MID
TO UPPER 30S. WE'LL LOOK FOR THE
POTENTIAL OF A FEW RAINDROPS
TO MIX IN AS WELL .
>> LOOK AT THE ROADS, MOSTLY
VETERAMN THE METRO. WE DID HAVE
SOME FLURRY ACTIVITY GOING ON ,
AS YOU HEARD FROM OUR LIVE LOOK
JUST NORTH OF LAKEVILLE. THIRTY
FIVE AT COUNTY ROAD 50 OR
TRAFFIC'S BUZZING ALONG
THE NORTHBOUND LANES. NO CRASHES
HERE AROUND THE SIX.
>> NINETY FOUR , FOUR NINETY
FOUR . WE'LL HAVE A CHECK
OF DRIVETIME COMING UP . HEADS
UP FOR WOMEN WHO ARE GETTING
THE COVID VACCINE. YOU MIGHT
WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR ANNUAL
MAMMOGRAM ISN'T TOO CLOSE
TO WHEN YOU'RE GETTING YOUR
SHOT.
SHOT.
SHOT. >>
SHOT. >> A DOCTOR WE SPOKE WITH SAYS
LYMPH NODE SWELLING IS A NORMAL
IMMUNE REACTION TO ANY VACCINE.
>> IT CAN HAPPEN IN THE ARMPIT
AREA ON THE SIDE OF YOUR BODY
WHERE YOU GOT YOUR SHOT. NOW,
IT'S NOT HARMFUL, BUT IT CAN BE
SEEN ON A MAMMOGRAM, MIGHT
REQUIRE YOU TO GO THROUGH MORE
SCREENING TO MAKE SURE IT ISN'T
CANCER IF THEY FIND AN ABNORMAL
SWOLLEN LYMPH NODE AFTER
A MAMMOGRAM, BUT NO
ABNORMALITIES WITHIN THE BREAST
AND THEY KNOW THAT THE PATIENT
HAS HAD A RECENT VACCINE.
THE RECOMMENDED
THE RECOMMENDED
PATIENT
PATIENT AT THIS POINT IS TO REPEAT AN ULTRASOUND OF THE
ARMPIT, TO FOLLOW UP THAT LYMPH
NODE AND BE SURE THAT IT
RESOLVES ON ITS OWN ABOUT
FOUR TO SIX WEEKS LATER, SOCIETY
OF BREAST IMAGING RECOMMENDS
SCHEDULING YOUR MAMMOGRAM BEFORE
YOUR FIRST DOSE OF THE VACCINE
OR WAITING AT LEAST FOUR WEEKS
AFTER YOUR FINAL DOSE.
>> A FORMER NFL COACH FACING
PRISON TIME AFTER A CAR CRASH
WITH A FIVE YEAR OLD GIRL WITH A
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. THE NEW
CHARGES WERE LEARNING ABOUT THIS
THIS MORNING .
>> PLUS, LEARNING THE VALUE OF A
DOLLAR. WHY EXPERTS SAY WHEN IT
COMES TO TEACHING YOUR KIDS
ABOUT MONEY, THE EARLIER
THE BETTER.
THE BETTER. >> AND YOUR ARM MIGHT