US police officer Kim Potter and police chief both resign after black man fatally shot by mistake
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Police released body camera vision less than a day after the shooting and described the officer s action as a mistake.
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A police officer who mistakenly fatally shot a black American two days ago has resigned, along with the police chief in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
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Duante Wright was shot on Sunday after being pulled over for an expired car registration
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The officer who shot Wright, Kim Potter, can be heard exclaiming in shock after the shooting in bodycam footage. The 26-year police veteran thought she was holding a Taser when she discharged her handgun, according to authorities.
She has resigned earlier Tuesday, along with Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon. Officials also fired former city manager Curt Boganey, who had authority over the police department, after he said all employees working for the city of Brooklyn Center are entitled to due process, in response to Elliott calling for Potter’s firing earlier this week.
Gannon had made the decision earlier this week to release the bodycam video, against the advice of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
When Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer Kim Potter allegedly mistook her service weapon for a stun gun and fatally shot an unarmed Black motorist Sunday, it was at least the 16th such “weapons confusion” incident in the United States since 2001.
And the victim, Daunte Wright, was at least the fourth person to have died as a result, according to data compiled by the website FatalEncounters.org and University of Colorado professor Paul Taylor, who tracks such cases.
These types of incidents are rare, experts say, although no government agency tracks the use of Taser-like devices nationwide so it’s impossible to say with certainty how many times it has occurred.
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. Brooklyn Center, Minnesota Police Chief Tim Gannon and Officer Kim Potter have resigned after the deadly shooting in Minnesota of Daunte Wright, 20, Mayor Mike Elliott announced Tuesday, Fox News reported.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension identified Potter lat