{"id":417595,"date":"2021-04-13T11:58:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T15:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=417595"},"modified":"2021-04-13T11:58:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T15:58:59","slug":"minneapolis-erupts-in-violence-for-second-night-reporters-push-back-after-police-chief-labels-unrest-a-riot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-erupts-in-violence-for-second-night-reporters-push-back-after-police-chief-labels-unrest-a-riot\/","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis Erupts In Violence For Second Night, Reporters Push Back After Police Chief Labels Unrest A \u2018Riot\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fminneapolis-erupts-in-violence-for-second-night-reporters-push-back-after-police-chief-labels-unrest-a-riot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=417595&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1658.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Minneapolis, Minnesota, and its surrounding neighborhoods erupted in violence Monday, for the second night in a row, following the officer-involved shooting death of Daunte Wright, but reporters cautioned the city\u2019s chief of police not to label the unrest a \u201criot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Local Minneapolis media outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/news\/hundreds-gather-at-brooklyn-center-police-department-to-protest-shooting-of-daunte-wright\/6073215\/\">KSTP reported Tuesday morning<\/a> that 40 people were arrested overnight, following Minneapolis\u2019 decision to institute a 7 pm curfew to prevent rioting and looting. Sunday night, just after the Wright shooting, nearly two dozen businesses were destroyed and at least one police was officer injured when demonstrations against Brooklyn Center law enforcement turned violent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rioters-smash-police-cars-vandalize-police-station-in-minneapolis-while-looters-storm-businesses-following-police-shooting\">according to a Daily Wire report<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday night, the Minnesota National Guard, the Minnesota state police, and local police departments were out, in force, to keep the peace. Corporations like Walgreens and Target ordered Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Brooklyn Center stores closed to prevent looting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice have cleared the area near the Brooklyn Center Police Department after demonstrators protesting the death of Daunte Wright clashed with police,\u201d KSTP reported from the scene. \u201cEarlier in the evening, police deployed chemical irritants to disperse the crowds. A KSTP reporter at the police department said protesters that were arrested during the unrest have been brought back to the department building.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least one business was looted, the outlet added, despite calls for peace from local officials and President Joe Biden, who pleaded with demonstrators, late Monday, to avoid destroying local businesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">\u201cHundreds gathered outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department Monday and defied curfew. They demanded justice for Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man fatally shot by police during a traffic stop,\u201d Fox News reported Tuesday. \u201cThe crowd chanted \u2018Daunte Wright!\u2019 Some shouted obscenities at officers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAuthorities fired tear gas, and flash-bang grenades into the crowd after warning them that they were in violation of curfew,\u201d the outlet added, noting that officers were \u201cshelled pretty significantly,\u201d per local officials. \u201cSome rioters retaliated by throwing smoke canisters back toward law enforcement, while others launched fireworks at the police lines, according to reports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sunday night, rioters smashed police cars, vandalized a police station, and looted local businesses, according to a press conference with Brooklyn Center\u2019s chief of police, who described the unrest as a \u201criot\u201d much to reporters\u2019 chagrin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was your decision to issue a dispersal order while they were peacefully protesting in front of the police station?\u201d one reporter asked police chief Tim Gannon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust so that everybody\u2019s clear, I was front and center at the protest, at the riot,\u201d Gannon answered.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t do that,\u201d a different reporter interjected, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/reporters-scold-minnesota-police-chief-daunte-wright-riot-unrest\">per Fox New<\/a>s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no riot,\u201d added another member of the media, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Gannon responded by outlining the extent of Sunday night\u2019s violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was,\u201d Gannon answered the reporters. \u201cThe officers that were putting themselves in harm\u2019s way were being pelted with frozen cans of pop, they were being pelted with concrete blocks. And yes, we had our helmets on and we had other protection and gear but an officer was injured, hit in the head with a brick so we had to make decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had to disperse the crowd because we cannot allow our officers to be harmed,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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