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Brooklyn Center Police Chief and Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright Resign

Brooklyn Center Police Chief and Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright Resign WorldViralMedia 11 مناظر • پہلے 4 سال

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, moves that the mayor said he hoped would help heal the community and lead to reconciliation after two nights of protests and unrest.

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, which happened as the Minneapolis area was already on edge over the trial of the first of four police officers in George Floyd’s death.

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!”

Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott said he was “appreciative” that Potter submitted her resignation but that he had not asked for it. Elliott said he was not sure if it was 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.”

“That's what we're going to continue to work for,” Elliott said. “We have to make sure that justice is served, justice is done. Daunte Wright deserves that, his family deserves that.”

The mayor said the new police leadership was committed to working with community leaders and protesters, who say Wright was racially profiled.

“We're hoping that we're turning over a new leaf now,” he said. “I'm confident of that now.”

Wright was shot as police were trying to arrest him on an outstanding warrant.

“I’ll Tase you! I’ll Tase you! Taser! Taser! Taser!” the officer is heard shouting on her body cam footage released Monday. She draws her weapon after the man breaks free from police outside his car and gets back behind the wheel.

After firing a single shot from her handgun, the car speeds away, and the officer is heard saying, “Holy (expletive)! I shot him.”

Potter, a 26-year veteran, sent a one-paragraph letter of resignation.

“I have 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,” Potter wrote.

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Attorney Ben Crump speaks with families of Daunte Wright and George Floyd in Minneapolis

Attorney Ben Crump speaks with families of Daunte Wright and George Floyd in Minneapolis WorldViralMedia 12 مناظر • پہلے 4 سال

A Sunday afternoon traffic stop turned to tragedy when a Brooklyn Center officer pulled her gun and shot a young man in the chest, killing him.

That man was 20-year-old Daunte Wright.

Wright, a Black man, was pulled over just before 2 p.m. Sunday, April 11 for having expired tabs on his license plate, according to Brooklyn Center police. Officers said they realized he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest during the stop.

Police attempted to take Wright into custody, but he re-entered his car and police body camera shows white police officer Kim Potter pull her gun and shoot once. According to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner, Wright died from a gunshot wound to his chest.

On Monday night the community gathered with members of Wright's family to remember him.

A local minister spoke to the crowd through a loudspeaker, asking, "Isn't this child's life worth more than that of an accident?"

The Brooklyn Center police chief said he believes Potter thought she was reaching for her Taser when she grabbed her gun, and had not intended to fatally shoot him. Brooklyn Center police released that bodycam video Monday. You can read more about the video's contents and watch parts of it here.

Wright's mother spoke Katie at the Monday evening vigil, thanking everyone for coming, even though many of them had never met her son.

Katie said, "He was a son, he was a brother, he was an uncle, he was a grandson and he was so much more."

Daunte's brother expressed his frustration. He called his younger brother one of the best kids he's ever known. Then he shared how giving Daunte was. "Everybody who knows Daunte knows what type of kid he is. He would give you the shirt off his back."

As a student Daunte worked with Project Success, a non-profit that helps Minneapolis school students plan for their futures. The program remembered him in a post to social media.

"His Facilitator shared that he lit up the room in our classroom workshops. We are heartbroken and thinking of his family, friends, and community, as well as working to support our team as we all process and grieve the loss of another Black life," one tweet read.

A GoFundMe account has been started to pay for Daunte's funeral, and to support the young son he leaves behind. As of Tuesday morning, the fund had raised more than $240,000.

The family of George Floyd will join the family of Daunte Wright at noon on Tuesday for a news conference arranged by Ben Crump, a prominent civil rights lawyer who will legally represent the family going forward. https://bit.ly/3aaA5AJ

Brooklyn Center, Minn. officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright meant to fire Taser, police chief says

Brooklyn Center, Minn. officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright meant to fire Taser, police chief says WorldViralMedia 5 مناظر • پہلے 4 سال

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has enacted a curfew in the Twin Cities metro counties Monday night after a Brooklyn Center police officer fatally shot a 20-year-old Black man during a traffic stop, fueling an evening of protests and unrest.

Walz joined Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter and law enforcement officials to announce a state of emergency and a curfew in Hennepin, Ramsey and Anoka counties, which will go from 7 p.m. Monday until 6 a.m. Tuesday. Certain essential workers will be exempt from the curfew.

The announcement comes hours after Brooklyn Center's police chief released body camera footage of the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, and while the trial of former officer Derek Chauvin in nearby Minneapolis begins its third week.

Police Chief Tim Gannon on Monday said that he believes the officer who shot Wright during the traffic stop accidentally discharged her firearm. He said he believes the officer, who's now on administrative leave, meant to fire a Taser.

Officers conducted a traffic stop before 2 p.m. Sunday due to expired tags, according to Gannon. During the stop, officers obtained Wright's ID and discovered an outstanding warrant. They then attempted to take him into custody. At some point Wright got back into his car, and one of the officers fired their gun and struck him, law enforcement officials said.

According to a press release from the Brooklyn Center Police Department, the vehicle then traveled "several blocks" before colliding with another vehicle.

In the body camera footage, an officer can be heard immediately telling the other officers at the scene, "I just shot him."

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