Minnesota Police Shooting Sparks Anger, Protests

An African American man was fatally shot Wednesday night by a police officer during a traffic stop in the midwestern city of Falcon Heights, Minnesota, prompting the governor, Mark Dayton, to call for an independent federal investigation. It was the second fatal police shooting of an African American male by white police officers in as many days. What happened In the latest shooting, a child and a woman were passengers in the car. Shortly after the shots were fired, the woman...

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