I’m in Minnesota to write about the Derek Chauvin trial but 20 miles away a 20 year old black man named Dante Wright was killed by Brooklyn Center police during a traffic stop. Crowds are gathered at the police precinct.

Some in the crowd threw rocks and garbage at the cops, they responded with about 8 canisters of tear gas that mostly blew back in their faces. They shot 4-6 more about 15 mins later. Wright’s mother bought him a car a week ago. She was on the phone with him when he was shot.

*Name is spelled Daunte. #DaunteWright Protestors have pointed out that Wright died *during* the trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd. Tensions and anger are expectedly high right now. This is the context that the jury will hear evidence in tomorrow morning.

The incident is about 20 miles from my hotel in St. Paul, not 20 miles from Minneapolis.