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Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright resigns
Minnesota police officer Kim Potter resigned from her position Tuesday after shooting and killing Daunte Wright.
Minnesota police officer Kim Potter resigned from her position Tuesday after shooting and killing Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, at a traffic stop on Sunday, officials in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, announced.
Daunte Wright
Former police officer Kim Potter resigns
Kim Potter, 48, tendered her resignation in a letter to Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott and Police Chief Gannon. Gannon followed suit, announcing his own resignation later on Tuesday.
“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, according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
What led to her resignation?
Potter is a 25-year veteran and a police union president. At a news conference, authorities played a nearly one-minute dash-cam recording of the fatal incident. Gannon said it appears that Potter intended to fire her Taser but instead made an “accidental discharge” from her gun.
Potter was put on administrative leave following the shooting.
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