Crime & Safety

Tuesday Night Curfew Announced For Minneapolis

It's the second night in a row that the city of Minneapolis will enforce a curfew.

National Guard soldiers stand guard outside of the Brooklyn Center police station on April 13, 2021 in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
National Guard soldiers stand guard outside of the Brooklyn Center police station on April 13, 2021 in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis will be under a city-wide curfew from 10 p.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday, the office of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced. It's the second night in a row that the city will enforce a curfew.

The restriction is in response to civil unrest that broke out after a Brooklyn Center police officer fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright Sunday.

People exempted from the curfew include:

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  • Credentialed members of the media
  • Law enforcement and emergency responders
  • People traveling to and from work or religious services,
  • Community patrol organizations including:
    • A Mother’s Love
    • Center for Multicultural Mediation
    • Native American Community Development Institute
    • Corcoran Neighborhood Organization
    • T.O.U.C.H. Outreach
    • Change Equals Opportunity
    • Restoration Inc., and We Push for Peace.

Gov. Tim Walz announced earlier Tuesday that he will not extend the curfews that were put in place for Hennepin, Ramsey, Anoka, and Dakota counties Monday night. However, mayors and local governments can impose their own curfews on the city level if they choose, Walz noted.

Resources from "Operation Safety Net" — a coordinated effort between the Minnesota National Guard, state patrol, and local law enforcement to maintain peace after the verdict in the murder ongoing trial against Chauvin — were deployed early Monday night after violent protests broke out over the Wright's death.

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