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“Whenever, through the line of duty, someone kills another human being, there must be accountability,” Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott told the “TODAY” show earlier Tuesday. Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon released body camera footage of a police shooting incident that led to the killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright. In the video, the officer who fired the shot that killed Wright can be heard yelling "Taser." Gannon says it is his belief the officer meant to pull a Taser and not a gun and the shooting was an "accidental discharge." The officer has been placed on admi...

The police chief has said he believes the officer, a 26-year veteran, mistakenly grabbed her gun when she was going for her Taser.

Aubrey Wright and Katie Wright spoke to ABC’s Good Morning America after a second night of protests over their son’s death in a traffic stop on Sunday in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center. The official explanation of officer Kim Potter’s actions, by police chief Tim Gannon at a Monday press conference, angered Aubrey Wright, who pointed to the officer’s considerable experience. “I lost my son, he’s never coming back,” Aubrey Wright said. “I can’t accept that, a mistake, that doesn’t even sound right. This officer has been on the force ...

20-year-old Daunte Wright was fatally shot by an 26-year veteran officer after being pulled over for a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, MN.

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 6:01 AM CDT - Updated April 13 at 3:54 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 the community and lead to reconciliation after two nights of protests and unrest. WARNING: The vide...