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Minnesota, where racist protests took place in the death of George Floyd, a black man was killed by a police shot.
As the protests showed signs of intensification, a curfew was even imposed in the area at night.
Correspondent Kim Jong-won reports from New York.
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Police officers stop a white car and get a black driver off.
As soon as I try to get handcuffed, I suddenly shake off the hand of the police and go back into the car and try to escape.
During the hoisting, one of the police officers shouted that he would fire a Taser gun.
[Taser!
Taser!
Taser!]
But what the police shot was a pistol, and
[Oh my God, I shot a gun.
(Oh no...)] The
driver, who was running away after being shot, crashed into another car within a few blocks and died on the spot.
The deceased driver was Dunt Wright, a 20-year-old black man.
[Kate Wright/dead black mother: When I called my son, my girlfriend in the passenger seat answered me.
He just said he had been shot.] The
city police in the Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, where the incident took place, suspended the officers and initiated an investigation.
[Tim Genen/Chief of Washington Center, Minnesota City Police Chief: The policeman initially tried to fire a Taser, but it seems that he fired a pistol by mistake.]
However, local residents came to the streets and protested overnight, and some looted nearby stores.
Tear gas was mobilized to quell the protests, the State Defense Forces were put in, and a curfew was imposed at night.
[Joe Biden/President of the United States: I will reveal exactly what happened through a thorough investigation.
In the meantime, I ask you to maintain peace.]
Tensions are rising as to whether the protests will intensify as the location of the incident is near the place where George Floyd died last year due to excessive police suppression.