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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
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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/Associated Press
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. 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.
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Daunte Wright, 20, was shot and killed by police on Sunday near Minneapolis
Brooklyn Center police officer claimed she thought her gun was a Taser
Shooting took place during traffic stop; Wright allegedly had expired plates
For two straight nights, protesters defied curfew and confronted police officers
Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kimberly Potter, 48, was cop who shot Wright
Wright s parents said that they can t accept Potter s claim that it was a mistake
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Gannon has said he believed Potter mistakenly grabbed her gun when she was going for her Taser. She can be heard on her body camera video shouting “Taser! Taser!” However, protesters and Wright s family members say there s no excuse for the shooting and it shows how the justice system is tilted against Blacks, noting Wright was stopped for expired car registration and ended up dead.
Elliott said he was not sure if Potter resigned because she had heard that she would soon be fired. He said he hoped her resignation would “bring some calm to the community,” but that he would keep working towards “full accountability under the law.”