After the police shooting of Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, rioting and looting broke out across Minneapolis. Police Chief Tim Gannon announced that he believes it was an accidental discharge and the officer meant to use a Taser. And what's going on in Canada? Christians tear down a fence put up around a church in Alberta, leading government officials to reportedly send 200 riot police to stop them. CNN's Brian Stelter wants to know where the vaccine selfies are of Fox News hosts. Is it a slow news day, Brian? And people are being evacuated from a Caribbean island after a volcano erupted, but ... only if they have had a vaccine shot. And lastly, Pete Buttigieg says racism is "physically built" into the highway system. How did he come to that conclusion?

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