US Rep Maxine Waters joins Daunte Wright protest

US Representative Maxine Waters joined protesters outside a police station in Brooklyn Center on Saturday over the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright by law enforcement.

Hundreds of people have gathered outside the heavily guarded Brooklyn Center police station every night since Sunday, when former Officer Kim Potter, who is white, shot the 20-year-old Black motorist during a traffic stop.

The police chief said Potter, who is white, meant to use her stun gun but somehow drew her pistol instead.

The chief and Potter resigned soon after, and Potter has been charged with second-degree manslaughter.

Despite the mayor's calls for law enforcement and protesters to scale back their tactics, the nights have often ended in objects hurled, tear gas and arrests.

“This is a very difficult time in the history of this country,” said U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, a Democrat from California who joined the protest on Saturday.

“We have to let people know that we are not going to be satisfied unless we get justice in these cases.”

The 82-year-old congresswoman decried the 11 p.m. curfew set by authorities as a way to tamp down demonstrations and encouraged the crowd of roughly 150 people to “stay in the street.”

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