By Dominick Mastrangelo - 04/13/21 07:50 AM EDT
Protesters in Minnesota clashed with police on Monday evening after the police chief in Brooklyn Center said that the officer who shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop on Sunday meant to deploy a taser instead of her gun.
Hundreds of people flowed into the streets of the Minneapolis suburb to renew calls for police reform and an end to systemic racism in law enforcement. Tensions in the area and nation are already strained amid the trial of Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer accused of murdering George Floyd.
Videos and photos taken during the protests late Monday show protesters marching, chanting and holding signs demanding justice for Wright s death.
GRAPHIC: Minnesota cop, police chief resign 2 days after Black motoristâs 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) â A white police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb resigned Tuesday, as did the cityâs police chief â moves that the mayor said he hoped would help heal the community and lead to reconciliation after two nights of protests and unrest.
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The resignations from Officer Kim Potter and Police Chief Tim Gannon came two days after the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center. Potter, a 26-year veteran, had been on administrative leave following Sundayâs shooting, which happened as the Minneapolis area was already on edge over the trial of the first of four police officers in Geor
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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 shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb and the city’s chief of police resigned Tuesday.
Officer Kim Potter and Police Chief Tim Gannon both resigned two days after the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center. Potter, a 26-year veteran, had been on administrative leave following Sunday’s shooting.