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Demonstrations broke out on Sunday April 11 in Brooklyn Center, a district of Minneapolis, an American city where the trial of a police officer accused of the murder of George Floyd is taking place, after the death of a young black man following a shooting. involving the police.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Affairs has confirmed that it is investigating a police officer’s involvement in a shooting at Brooklyn Center in which a young black man was killed on Sunday, April 11. Demonstrations erupted across the city demanding “justice“for the victim.”Joe Biden, the American president, calls for calm even if he says he understands the pain, the anger of the black American community. But he asks that there be no destruction. ‘Nothing justifies violence'”launched Joe Biden, explains journalist Loïc de La Mornais, in duplex from Washington (United States).
And the journalist adds:The young black man killed in a shooting was stopped because he had attached an air freshener inside his car, which is prohibited in the state of Minnesota. Obviously he was wanted. And the police allegedly mistaken his taser for his real handgun, shooting the 20-year-old. As you can imagine, this has caused a lot of pain here in Minneapolis, in this city under high tension where the trial of a police officer accused of the murder of George Floyd is taking place.”