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GRAPHIC: Minnesota cop, police chief resign 2 days after Black motorist’s death Mayor: Chief, officer resign after fatal Daunte Wright shooting By MOHAMED IBRAHIM and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER | April 13, 2021 at 7:01 AM EDT - Updated April 13 at 3:33 PM BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A white police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb resigned Tuesday, as did the city’s police chief — moves that the mayor said he hoped would help heal...

Print Associated Press A man raises his fist as he faces the Minnesota State Troopers standing guard outside the Brooklyn Center Police Station after a police officer shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Credit: KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A white Minnesota police officer who fatally sho...

Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, was identified late Monday as the officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright.

Parents of Black man killed by police react to chief calling shooting accidental Parents of Duante Wright break silence after fatal shooting by police Replay Video UP NEXT The parents of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by a white police officer in a Minneapolis suburb on Sunday, said they "cant accept" the notion that their sons killing was "a mistake." "I lost my son, hes never coming back," Daunte Wrights father, Aubrey Wright, told ABC News Robin Roberts in...

Apr 13, 2021 12:45 PM EDT Attorney Ben Crump, co-counsel Jeff Storms, and the families of Daunte Wright and George Floyd will hold a new conference on Tuesday in Minneapolis. Watch the news conference live at 1 p.m. ET in the video player above. Pressure is building to fire the suburban Minneapolis police officer who killed a 20-year-old Black man during an altercation after a traffic stop, a shooting authorities said was a tragic mistake but that family members...

increase font size Minnesota officer who fatally shot Black driver resigns, along with police chief The police chief has said he believes the officer, a 26-year veteran, mistakenly grabbed her gun when she was going for her Taser. By MOHAMED IBRAHIM and MIKE HOUSEHOLDERAssociated Press Share A demonstrator cries as authorities move in to clear a gas station of a crowd during a protest in response to the police shooting death of Daunte Wright, on Monday in Brooklyn Center, Minn. John Minchillo...

Kerem Yucel / AFP via Getty Images Protests spread across the country Monday night after police officials in Brooklyn Center, Minn., said they believed that the officer who shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright had intended to use her Taser but accidentally fired her handgun instead. Even as a cold drizzle fell in Minnesota, hundreds turned out for a memorial protest at the police department in Brooklyn Center, a few miles from the scene of Wrights death, despite a 7 p.m. curfew that ...

Daunte Wright are speaking out about their son’s death. The 20-year-old was shot and killed on Sunday by a white Minneapolis police officer. On Tuesday, his parents sat down with ABC News‘ Robin Roberts and revealed their son’s final moments and that they can’t accept it was a “mistake.” “I know my son was scared. He’s afraid of the police, and I just seen and heard the fear in his voice,” said his mother, Katie Wright. “But I don’t know why and it should have never esca...

Minnesota police chief, cop quit after Black drivers death A demonstrator heckles authorities who advanced into a gas station after issuing orders for crowds to disperse during a protest against the police shooting of Daunte Wright, late Monday, April 12, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Authorities advance into a gas station after pursuing demonstrators for violating curfew and issuing orders to disperse during a protest against the police shooting of Daunte Wright, la...

Potter, a 26-year veteran of the police force and head of its police union, had been on administrative leave when she submitted her resignation along with police Chief Tim Gannon on Tuesday. In her one-paragraph letter, Potter said she "loved every minute of being a police officer and serving this community to the best of my ability, but I believe it is in the best interest of the community, the department, and my fellow officers if I resign immediately." The announcement came after two consec...