Smith posted on Snapchat about a lunch date he was on just before his death. Protesters have been regularly gathering in Uptown since June 3, when Smith was killed during an attempted arrest by a group of law enforcement organizations led by US marshals.
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While details have yet to emerge about the driver’s motives - no charges have been filed yet - Minneapolis-based reporter Tony Webster tweeted on Monday that the suspect has numerous DWI convictions and was driving after his license had been canceled as a “danger to public safety.” Police also said they believed alcohol and/or drugs may have been a factor.
Her death has put an even more intense spotlight on the movement to end police violence in the Minneapolis area - the cause she was advocating for at the moment of her death - and on law enforcement’s ability to keep residents like Knajdek safe.
The Star Tribune reports that in the days just before her death, Knajdek posted Facebook messages in support of protests against Smith’s killing he was shot by law enforcement officers on June 3 in a parking lot adjacent to where Knajdek was killed. The protester who was killed was identified by the Star Tribune as Deona Knajdek, a 31-year-old mother of two. And on Sunday, one of those protesters was killed in the city’s Uptown area when a man drove his SUV into a crowd of demonstrators at least two others were injured. For two weeks, Minneapolis protesters have demanded answers following the police killing of Winston Boogie Smith, a 32-year-old Black man, by law enforcement.
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