Good morning and welcome to Morning Joe.

It is Monday, April 12th.

Let's get right to the news.

Protests erupted last night in Minnesota after the police involved shooting of a black

man during a traffic stop.

It happened in the city of Brooklyn Center about

10 miles north of Minneapolis, where tensions are already high amid the murder trial of former

officer Derek Chauvin. Family has identified the victim as 20-year-old Dante Wright.

According to the Brooklyn Center Police Department, officers were attempting to make a traffic

stop when just before 2 p.m., they say they noticed the driver had an outstanding warrant

for his arrest.

Officers tried to take him into custody, but police say he got back into his vehicle.

That's when one officer fired a weapon hitting the driver. into custody, but police say he got back into his vehicle.

That's when one officer fired a weapon hitting the driver.

The vehicle then traveled several blocks before striking another vehicle.

The driver died at the scene of the crash.

Brooklyn Center officers wear body cameras, and the police department said yesterday that it believes the

body cameras and dash cameras were on during this incident. In the hours after the shooting,

hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department headquarters

and clashed with officers in riot gear. Multiple rounds of tear gas were fired by law enforcement in an effort to disperse the crowd.

Minnesota's Department of Public Health said overnight that the National Guard was being mobilized at the request of local authorities.

It came amid reports of looting, targeting the Brooklyn Center, Walmart,

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