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increase font size 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 Share 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 Bl...

Kerem Yucel / AFP via Getty Images Protests spread across the country Monday night after police officials in Brooklyn Center, Minn., said they believed that the officer who shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright had intended to use her Taser but accidentally fired her handgun instead. Even as a cold drizzle fell in Minnesota, hundreds turned out for a memorial protest at the police department in Brooklyn Center, a few miles from the scene of Wright's death, despite a 7 p.m. curfew that had been called across much of the Twin Cities area. Demonstrators were met with lines of police o...

Daunte Wright are speaking out about their son’s death. The 20-year-old was shot and killed on Sunday by a white Minneapolis police officer. On Tuesday, his parents sat down with ABC News‘ Robin Roberts and revealed their son’s final moments and that they can’t accept it was a “mistake.” “I know my son was scared. He’s afraid of the police, and I just seen and heard the fear in his voice,” said his mother, Katie Wright. “But I don’t know why and it should have never escalated the way it did.” (Credit: ABC News/screenshot)

Minnesota police chief, cop quit after Black driver's death A demonstrator heckles authorities who advanced into a gas station after issuing orders for crowds to disperse during a protest against the police shooting of Daunte Wright, late Monday, April 12, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Authorities advance into a gas station after pursuing demonstrators for violating curfew and issuing orders to disperse during a protest against the police shooting of Daunte Wright, late Monday, April 12, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Daunte Wright's moth...

Potter, a 26-year veteran of the police force and head of its police union, had been on administrative leave when she submitted her resignation along with police Chief Tim Gannon on Tuesday. In her one-paragraph letter, Potter said she "loved every minute of being a police officer and serving this community to the best of my ability, but I believe it is in the best interest of the community, the department, and my fellow officers if I resign immediately." The announcement came after two consecutive nights of riots and looting. More than 2,000 National Guard troops are on hand to assist loca...