nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 670N|||Police Say ‘Accidental Discharge’ Of Gun Led To Daunte Wright’s Death||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Brooklyn Center, Minn., police Chief Tim Gannon said that the officer who shot Daunte Wright meant to deploy her Taser — but pulled her gun instead.

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Protests lasted for hours at the spot where 20-year-old Black man Daunte Wright crashed his car and died after being shot by police in a suburb of Minneapolis.

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