TAKING
TAKING A
TAKING A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW OUTSIDE THE BROOKLYN CENTER
POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE ARE STILL GATHERED
DESPITE A CURFEW IN PLACE.
>> WE HAVE HEARD FROM LAW
ENFORCEMENT ABOUT THE CROWD
THROWING BOTTLES AND BRICKS AT
OFFICERS AND POLICE USING TEAR
GAS TO DISPERSE THEM . ACCORDING
TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, ARRESTS HAVE
BEGUN. THIS IS ALL FOLLOWING
THE DEADLY SHOOTING OF A 20 YEAR
OLD BLACK MAN, DAUNTA RIGHT
YESTERDAY BY A BROOKLYN CENTER
POLICE OFFICER .
>> THIS IS A NEIGHBORING DOLLAR
TREE. WELL , JUST 20 MINUTES
AGO, WE HEARD REPORTS OF A FIRE
AND WE SAW SMOKE POURING OUT
OF THE WINDOWS AS A BIG LINE
OF OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR STARTED
MOVING IN THE CURFUEW TINTAH
EFFECT SEVEN O'CLOCK IT
HENNEPIN, RAMZI ANOKOA, JUKKOLA
COUNTIL. AND IT WILL LAST UNTIL
6:00 TOMORROW MORNING . THERE
ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS LIKE PEOPLE
WHO NEED TO GET TO AND FROM
WORK. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE
TONIGHT, INCLUDING
TONIGHT, INCLUDING NEW INFORMATION JUST THE LAST
FEW HOURS FROM THE BCA ON THE
OFFICER WHO FIRED HER WEAPON.
LET'S GO TO LAUREN MILACA. SHE
HAS THAT INFORMATION.
>> WELL , RANDY, TONIGHT
THE MINNESOTA BCA IDENTIFIED
THAT OFFICER AS KIM POTTER.
POTTER HAS BEEN WITH THE
BROOKLYN CENTER POLICE
DEPARTMENT FOR 26 YEARS NOW, AS
RECENTLY AS TWENTY 19, SHE WAS
SERVING AS THE POLICE UNION
PRESIDENT FOR THAT DEPARTMENT.
POTTER HAS BEEN HONORED IN THE
PAST WITH THE MEDAL OF MERIT
FOR HELPING RESCUE PEOPLE FROM
A HOUSE FIRE. THE WASHINGTON
COUNTY ATTORNEY, PETE ORPUT IS
GOING TO BE THE ONE HANDLING
THIS CASE. I SPOKE WITH HIM
TONIGHT. HE TELLS ME HE PLANS
TO MEET WITH THE BCA TOMORROW
MORNING TO GET THAT CASE. NOW
HE ALSO WANTS TO MEET WITH THE
RIGHT FAMILY. AND AFTER THAT ,
HE TELLS ME HE WILL MAKE
A CHARGING DECISION AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE, LIKELY WITHIN DAYS.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU,
LAUREN . OUR HEIDI WIGDAHL HAS
BEEN WITH THE CROWD OUTSIDE
THE BROOKYLN CENTER POLICE
DEPARTMENT FOR HOURS NOW.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GO TO HER
LIVE TO GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT
THE CONDITIONS ARE AND HOW MANY
PEOPLE ARE STILL GATHERED THERE
TONIGHT HEIDI. REALLY THINGS
HAVE DEFINITELY CALMED DOWN JUST
WITHIN THE LAST HALF HOUR. TAKE
A LOOK. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE
SEEING RIGHT NOW. JUST TO GIVE
YOU AN IDEA, WE'RE ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF THE POLICE STATION
CLOSEST TO THE SCHOOL. THERE
ARE MORE PEOPLE ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE POLICE STATION. THIS
IS THE CROWD THAT'S LEFT IN THIS
AREA. NOW, REALLY WHAT HAPPENED
IS THE BROOKYLN CENTER MAYOR,
MIKE ELLIOT, HE CAME OUT
HERE AROUND NINE , 30 AND HE
TOLD THE CROWD HE ADDRESSED
THE CROWD, SAID HE WANTED
TO MAKE SURE JUSTICE IS SERVED
AND HE SAID HE WANTED THE CROWD
TO STAY BACK SO NOBODY GETS
HURT. WE ALSO HEARD DURING
THAT SAME TIME FROM ATTORNEY
GENERAL KEITH ELLISON AND HE
TOLD THE CROWD THAT THIS WOULD
NOT BE SWEPT UNDER THE RUG.
BUT AGAIN, THE MAIN THING THEY
WERE TRYING TO GET ACROSS IS
THEY WANTED THE PEOPLE TO STAY
SAFE AND TO STAY AWAY FROM THIS
POLICE LINE. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA
OF KIND OF HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN
OUT HERE , IT WAS PRETTY CALM
HERE UNTIL ABOUT SEVEN, 30.
THAT'S WHEN OFFICERS STARTED
TO GET INTO POSITION TO MOVE
IN AT THAT POINT. THAT'S WHEN
WE STARTED TO SEE A MORE TENSE
SITUATION UNFOLD OUTSIDE
HERE ABOUT A HALF HOUR AFTER
THAT CURFEW WENT INTO EFFECT.
FOR THE MOST PART, POLICE HAD
BEEN STAYING BEHIND THE FENCING
AT THE STATION. BUT AGAIN, THEY
STARTED TO MOVE OUT AROUND 730,
AROUND EIGHT, 30 IS WHEN
WE STARTED HEARING THOSE FLASH
BANGS AND SEEING TEAR GAS BEING
DEPLOYED AT THAT POINT. THAT'S
WHEN MOST OF THE CROWD STARTED
TO DISPERSE. RIGHT NOW WE'RE
WATCHING THIS UNFOLD.
>> AND HEIDI, WE'VE HEARD
THAT ARRESTS HAVE BEGUN. IT
DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THERE HAVE
BEEN A LOT OF THEM FOR SURE.
BUT WE KNOW THAT WARNINGS WERE
ISSUED BY THE MINNEASOTA
OPERATIONS SAFETY NET SAYING
WE WILL BEGIN ARRESTS AND THEN
SAYING THEY HAD STARTED ARRESTS
AND WE HOPE THINGS STAY CALM
THERE. WE HAVE OUR DEEVON
RAHMING ALSO OUTSIDE THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. >> THANK YOU TO HEIDI FOR R
REPORT. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP
OUR EYE ON THAT SCENE. AND RIGHT
NOW WE'RE GOING TO HEAD
TO DEEVON, RAHMING FOR A LITTLE
DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINT THERE.
DEEVON.
DEEVON.
DEEVON. >> HEY, JULIE, WE ARE ON THE
SOUTH SIDE OF THE POLICE
STATION. I'M GOING TO STEP OUT
OF THE SHOT JUST SO YOU CAN KIND
OF GET A BETTER PICTURE
OF WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE . IF
YOU TAKE A LOOK JUST DOWN
THE ROAD HERE , YOU CAN SEE
THERE ARE A LINE OF POLICE
OFFICERS THAT HAVE BEEN STANDING
AROUND OUT HERE REALLY SINCE
ABOUT 6:00 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING
TRYING TO KEEP THE MASSIVE
CROWDS THAT WERE OUT
HERE EARLIER. THOSE CROWDS HAVE
SINCE THINNED OUT HERE . THERE
ARE JUST ABOUT A HANDFUL
OF PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL OUT
HERE KIND OF TAUNTING, GOING
BACK AND FORTH WITH POLICE.
>> BUT POLICE AREN'T LETTING
UP EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, YOU MAY
HEAR A FLASH BANG OR TWO,
BUT FOR THE MOST PART,
IT'S PRETTY QUIET ON THIS SIDE
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE POLICE
STATION, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE,
AS THOSE CROWDS ARE STARTING
TO HEAD OUT. WE DID HEAR A FEW
PEOPLE WHEN WE WERE OUT
HERE WALKING OUT THAT PEOPLE
WERE YELLING GO TO THE DOLLAR
TREE, GO TO THE DOLLAR TREE
BECAUSE APPEARS THAT THE DOLLAR
TREE THERE THERE WERE SOME
LOOTING GOING ON THERE. THERE
WAS WORD THAT THERE MIGHT HAVE
BEEN A FIRE THERE. I'M NOT SURE
IF THAT'S ACTUALLY THE CASE,
BUT WE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT WERE RUNNING IN
THAT DIRECTION HEADING TO THE
DOLLAR TREE. THERE IS A GAS
STATION JUST UP THE ROAD
HERE FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE
POLICE STATION. AND I BELIEVE
THE OWNERS OR SOMEBODY OUT
THERE, THEY HAVE SECURITY
THAT ARE OUT THERE SECURING
THAT GAS STATION TO MAKE SURE
THAT THAT DOESN'T GET RANSACKED
LIKE WE'VE SEEN MANY OF THE
BUSINESSES AROUND THIS AREA
ALREADY TONIGHT AND LAST NIGHT
THAT WERE IMPACTED BY
THAT LOOTING. BUT AGAIN, HERE ON
THE SOUTH SIDE, IT'S QUIET
FOR THE MOST PART. WE'LL BE LIVE
OUT HERE ALL NIGHT AND WE'LL
BRING YOU THE LATEST AS THINGS
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ON THIS SIDE
OF THE POLICE STATION JULIE.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DEEVON.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
THE VIDEO AGAIN FROM DOLLAR
TREE. WE SHOWED YOU THIS
EARLIER. THE CITIZEN REPORTER
TWEETED THIS WHERE YOU CAN SEE
THE INSIDE OF THE STORE
WITH BROKEN GLASS AND TRASHED
DISPLAYS. WE LEARNED A LOT
OF NEW INFORMATION TODAY ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE, DURING
AND AFTER THE TRAFFIC STOP.
>> THAT LED TO DAUNTA NRIGHT
SHOOTING BY A BROOKLYN CENTER
POLICE OFFICER JENNIFER HOFT
TAKES US THROUGH WHAT WE KNOW
AND WE DO WANT TO WARN YOU, SOME
OF THE BODY CAMERA VIDEO YOU'RE
ABOUT TO SEE IS HARD TO WATCH.
>> THE BROOKYLN CENTER POLICE
CHIEF RELEASING UNEDITED BODY
CAM VIDEO OF THE SHOOTING
THAT TOOK DAUNTA WRIGHT'S LIFE.
A RARE MOVE THIS EARLY IN THE
INVESTIGATION. IT STARTS BY
SHOWING SEVERAL OFFICERS
APPROACHING WRIGHT'S VEHICLE.
THE CHIEF SAYING HE WAS PULLED
OVER SUNDAY AFTERNOON AROUND
2:00, ORIGINALLY FOR EXPIRED
TABS. THE CHIEF ALSO SAID HE HAD
SOMETHING HANGING FROM HIS
REARVIEW MIRROR.
REARVIEW MIRROR. >> THE OFFICERS THEN FOUND OUT
WRIGHT HAD AN OUTSTANDING
WARRANT FROM APRIL 2ND. COURT
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. AND THEN WHEN
THEY TRIED TO ARREST HIM,
THE CHIEF SAYS WRIGHT GETS BACK
IN THE CAR. A STRUGGLE ENSUES.
AN OFFICER YELLS TASER PROTOCOL
AND ONE WILL BE DEPLOYED.
BUT INSTEAD, THE CHIEF SAYS
THE OFFICER ACCIDENTALLY GRABS
HER HANDGUN, INSTEAD SHOOTING
RIGHT ONCE THE HENNEPIN COUNTY
MEDICAL EXAMINER SAYS THE 20
YEAR OLD DIED FROM A GUNSHOT
WOUND TO THE CHEST.
>> OUR CALLS FOR TRANSPARENCY
AND ACCOUNTABILITY. LET ME BE
CLEAR.
CLEAR.
CLEAR. >>
CLEAR. >> WE WILL GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF THIS. THE BROOKLYN CENTER
MAYOR HAS SINCE FIRED THE CITY
MANAGER AND THE CITY COUNCIL
VOTED TO GIVE HIS OFFICE CONTROL
OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE MAYOR SAYING HE ALSO
SUPPORTS RELIEVING THE OFFICER
OF HER DUTIES. THE CHIEF
OF POLICE ONLY SAYING SHE IS
A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE FORCE WHO
IS NOW ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
>> THIS IS WHAT I'M HERE FOR .
I'M THE LEADER OF THIS
DEPARTMENT. THEY EXPECT ME
TO LEAD CREATE A SAFE CITY.
>> THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO.
JENNIFER WAYOF, KARE11 NEWS.
>> WELL , LATE TONIGHT,
THE BROOKYLN CENTER CITY COUNCIL
APPROVED A RESOLUTION THAT BANS
CROWD CONTROL TACTICS DURING
PROTESTS THAT INCLUDES THINGS
LIKE RUBBER BULLETS AND TEAR GAS
WHICH WERE USED TONIGHT. AND WE
DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WOULD GO
INTO EFFECT. AND AGAIN, IT WOULD
JUST BE FOR THE BROOKLYN CENTER
POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE COUNCIL
ALSO RECOMMENDED TO