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Suburban Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran of the police department, who authorities say mistakenly shot Daunte Wright with her firearm instead of her Taser, has resigned. Although rare, a string of similar incidents has happened in recent years across the U.S. Then Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said on Monday – he has since resigned – that the officer’s immediate distress showed her use of the gun was unintentional. “As you can hear, the off...

Pamplin Media Group March 16 2021 Local readers sound off on issues like bicycle safety, saving Oregons dairy farms and preventing youth suicide through gun safety. On March 4, the Oregon Legislature Joint Transportation Committee received 93 Oregonians testimony about the Bike Bill 2021 bill, Senate Bill 395. Only three were adversarial against its passage and one was semi-adversarial. The remaining 30 plus were positive. We still have a crisis on the streets. Pedestrian deaths have i...