Police Resign but Protests Continue over Duante Wrights Killing
Apr 14, 2021
Despite the officer who shot dead Duante Wright as well as a police chief having stepped down, demonstrations in Minnesota have not ended over Sunday’s killing.
The BBC reports that Chief Tim Gannon and Officer Kim Potter have quit the Brooklyn Center force. Potter claims to have shot the 20-year-old unarmed Black man accidently after having drawn her gun instead of her Taser. Police Chief Gannon has supported Potter’s version of events. Gannon had on Monday said that Wright’s shooting appeared to have be an “accidental discharge” after Potter mistook her service pistol for a stun gun. Wright’s family has rejected her assertion.