Minneapolis Burns After Police Shooting

Demonstrations following the fatal police shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Centre, turned violent overnight. Reporters have tried to prevent Brooklyn Centre Police Chief Tim Gannon from describing violent unrest overnight as a “riot”. “I was front and center at the protest – at the riot,” Mr Gannon said. Reporters immediately spoke over the police chief with remarks such as “there was no riot”, “it was not a riot” and “don’t do that”. “It was,” Mr Gannon said. “The officers that were putting themselves in harm’s way were being pelted with frozen cans of pop,…