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The U.S. state of Minnesota is the site of our first report today. Nights of demonstrations and violence has followed the shooting of a black man by a police officer. Here's what happened.
On Sunday afternoon in a suburb of Minneapolis, police say officers stopped 20-year-old Daunte Wright because his car license tag had expired. During the traffic stop, officers learned there was an outstanding warrant for Wright's arrest. According to "The New York Times," police say he was facing two misdemeanor charges for carrying a pistol without a permit and running from police last summer.
Officers asked Wright to get out of the car, which he did but afterward there was a scuffle and police say it looked like Wright was trying to get back into the car to flee. An officer then yelled taser, in reference to an electroshock weapon.
But she pulled her gun instead and fired the shot that killed Wright. Police say this was an accident that resulted in Wright's tragic death. An attorney for Wright's family says the shooting was preventable and inhumane. Protests have followed with demonstrators calling for police to be held responsible.
Officers used tear gas and stun guns to break up crowds that defied a curfew. Demonstrators have thrown bottles, bricks and fireworks at police.
There've been multiple reports of stores being damaged in the community.
The officer involved in the Wright's death and the Brooklyn Center Police Chief have resigned and an investigation is being conducted. All this is happening 10 miles away from the trial of a police officer accused of killing another black man last May. And demonstrations against Wright's death have been held in other cities with a riot being declared Monday in Portland, Oregon.
Next today, American health officials are recommending what they call a pause in the use of a certain coronavirus vaccine. Johnson & Johnson was the third company to get authorization for emergency use of its vaccine. That happened in February. Since then, the Centers for Disease Control says more than six million doses have been given but there've been at least six cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot reported afterward.
Health officials say one person has died and another is in critical condition. They also say that the vaccine requires a different treatment for potential blood clots that doctors usually give. So they've recommended that medical officials hold off on the Johnson and Johnson vaccine until these issues are addressed.
