A black man died in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota Sunday after being shot by police during a traffic stop and crashing his car several blocks away. He was identified by family as 20-year-old Daunte Wright.

This incident sparked violent protests that lasted into the early hours Monday as officers in riot gear clashed with demonstrators. Daunte’s mother Katie Wright called for calm and attempted to curb any unrest.

About 20 businesses were broken into at Shingle Creek shopping center, and the National Guard was activated according to Minnesota Department of Public Safety commissioner John Harrington.

The trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death, enters its third week today. The prosecution is expected to wrap up its case early this week, and Chauvin’s attorney is expected to call his own medical experts to the stand.

The second week of the trial was dominated by technical testimony. Senior Minneapolis Police Department officials, including Chief Medaria Arradondo, testified that Chauvin’s restraint of Floyd violated department policy.

St. Thomas’ Art History department has called on two artists to commission a piece of memorial art for students who have died during their time at the university.

According to an email sent to the St. Thomas community by student affairs, the two finalists are James Dinh and Virginia Kistler.

The next step is for the community to vote on their prefered design and the hope is for the memorial to be up by the end of September of this year.

Liselle Diaz can be reached at diaz3119@stthomas.edu.