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Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter and Police Chief Tim Gannon resigned Tuesday, two days after Potter shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright. Prosecutors expect to decide Wednesday whether to charge Potter.

Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images As a society, we watch the horrific video of that police officer killing Daunte Wright, an unarmed Black man, during a traffic stop in suburban Minnesota and tell ourselves — once again — this is not who we are. But those words are a lie. This is exactly who we are, and it is what this country has allowed law enforcement to become, as evidenced by the endless, stomach-turning routine of police harassing, wounding or killing unarmed Black and Brown people....

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 inc...

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

Apr 13, 2021 Following the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, what policies are in place to keep a similar incident from happening in the Chicago area and across the country. According to experts, it all comes down to education and experience. About Joe Soto  

The Wild Warmup is presented by Bryant Heating and Cooling The Wild and Arizona Coyotes will drop the puck a little earlier than originally scheduled on Wednesday, with the two postseason hopefuls getting underway shortly after 1 p.m. at Xcel Energy Center.  For Minnesota, its the clubs first game since a 3-2 overtime loss to the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night at Enterprise Center. The same teams were expected to play Monday night in St. Paul, a game that was postponed out of respect for th...

Demonstrators gather for third night after shooting death of Daunte Wright Aris Folley © NBC News Demonstrators gather for third night after shooting death of Daunte Wright Protests continued for a third night outside the police station in Brooklyn Center, Minn., on Tuesday following the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright. In footage captured by NBC News, droves of protesters could be seen marching through streets of the city, many with signs and flags reading "Black Live...

Nancy Pelosi describes the impact the Derek Chauvin trial has had on her, calls George Floyd’s death a ‘public assassination’ Ledyard King and Susan Page, USA TODAY WASHINGTON – As she watched the Derek Chauvin murder trial, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was struck by the teenage girl who took the viral video of the Minneapolis Police officer as he knelt on George Floyd for nearly nine minutes in what Pelosi called a "public assassination." Darnella Frazier, 18, testifi...

282 The police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, a Black man in Minnesota, during a traffic stop last weekend, which her police chief says was accidental, has resigned. Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter handed in her resignation in a short letter to Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliot Tuesday. After Potter handed in her resignation, Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon did the same. “I have loved every minute of being a police officer and serving this community to the best of m...

Dozens of people gathered outside Dallas police headquarters Tuesday night to demonstrate in response to the deadly shooting of a Black man during a traffic...