Commentary The season for potentially violent street protests is upon us, sparked by the latest police shooting of a black man in a suburb of Minneapolis. Officers in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, pulled over a car because it had an expired registration tag. They discovered the driver, Daunte Wright, 20, also had an outstanding warrant, reportedly for carrying a gun without a permit and running away from police last June. Wright resisted arrest and wriggled back into his car to flee. As police tried to subdue him, one officer yelled, “Taser, Taser!” but instead, the chief of police said, that officer accidently pulled the trigger on her service revolver. The wounded Wright sped away, and minutes later, he was dead. Wright’s foolish resistance sealed his fate. It also assured violent protests led by those shouting, “Black Lives Matter!” and, “You can’t stop the revolution!” would follow, both in Minnesota and several …
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