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Due to the black shooting incident by the police in Minnesota, USA, professional sports games such as MLB and NBA and ice hockey (NHL), which were scheduled to be held in Minnesota, have been canceled. Minnesota, in particular, was a region where black shooting and deaths occurred last year, so there is concern that it may spread to large-scale protests in the future.
MLB Minnesota canceled their home match against Boston, which was scheduled on the 13th (hereinafter Korean time). Minnesota General Manager Derek Pahlby explained that “a decision was made for the safety of athletes and officials after consulting with the Major League Secretariat, state and city authorities,” he said. Minnesota, however, did not say whether to cancel the schedule for the rest of the game against Boston, which runs through the 16th.
The NBA Minnesota Timberwolves also canceled their home match against the Brooklyn Nets, and the NHL Minnesota Wild also played home against the St. Louis Blues. An official from Wilde said, “The canceled match schedule has been reorganized on May 13th.”
The incident started when police in Minneapolis, Minnesota, shot a black man, Dunt Wright, 20, who refused to comply with orders during the crackdown.
Wright drove a car from a residential area in the Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, USA at 2 pm local time on the 11th, and pulled over after a police crackdown. However, after refusing to comply with the police order, he was shot by the police in the process of getting into the car again. At the time, Wright was unarmed. Wright was putting on an expired car registration sticker, and the police discovered that an arrest warrant was issued in front of Wright as a result of a background check.
The Brooklyn Center is a small town about 16 km northwest of Minneapolis, where the’Floid Death Incident’ took place. In May of last year, black George Floyd was killed by a white policeman Derek Shovin, who was strangled with anti-racism protests around the world.
In the midst of the court case against Shobin, another police shooting incident has taken place in Minnesota, with angry citizens protesting. US President Joe Biden said, “The peaceful protest is understandable,” “but there is no justification for looting (violent protests). There is no justification for violence,” he urged the protesters to calm down.
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