Biden Urges Calm After Officer Kills Black Man in Minnesota
- President said he expects probe into death of Daunte Wright
- Biden says there’s ‘no justification’ for looting, violence
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President Joe Biden called for “peace and calm” and said he had been in touch with authorities in Minnesota after police shot and killed a 20-year-old Black man during a traffic stop on Sunday.
Biden told reporters in the Oval Office he had spoken to Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota and expected a “full-blown investigation” into the death of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, a suburb of Minneapolis. The shooting touched off a new round of violent protests over excessive force, with police reporting break-ins affecting about 20 businesses at a nearby shopping center.