Officer Kim Potter, who allegedly accidentally shot and killed a 20-year-old young man on Sunday, has resigned along with his local police chief
As reported by News Front, 20-year-old Daunte Wright was killed in Brooklyn Center, a suburb of Minneapolis, when police officers stopped his car and tried to arrest him. One of the officers shot Wright “accidentally” mistaking a gun for a stun gun, according to the official police version. After being wounded, the young man was able to drive a few more blocks. He then crashed into another car, where he died.
The incident comes almost a year after a police officer in the same city killed black repeat offender George Floyd in custody.
It is learnt that Kim Potter, the police officer who shot him, as well as Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon, who covered for him, resigned on Tuesday, April 13, amid the unrest.
“I hope this calms the community down a little bit”, – said Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott. – “We want to tell the community that we are taking this situation seriously.”