{"id":418385,"date":"2021-04-13T16:28:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T20:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=418385"},"modified":"2021-04-13T16:28:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T20:28:38","slug":"brooklyn-center-police-chief-resigns-along-with-officer-who-shot-daunte-wright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brooklyn-center-police-chief-resigns-along-with-officer-who-shot-daunte-wright\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Center Police Chief Resigns Along With Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbrooklyn-center-police-chief-resigns-along-with-officer-who-shot-daunte-wright%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=418385&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1715.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon resigned from his position Tuesday afternoon, a development that comes after Kim Potter, the 26-year veteran police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, was reported by local media to have submitted a letter of resignation as well.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliot announced Gannon\u2019s resignation during a press conference on Tuesday, reports <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/minnesota.cbslocal.com\/2021\/04\/13\/kim-potter-tim-gannon-resign-brooklyn-center-daunte-wright-shooting\/\"><span>WCCO-TV<\/span><\/a><span>. Elliot said that two senior police officials would take control of the department amidst the ongoing \u201ccrisis\u201d in the area. According to NBC News, the mayor did not provide a specific reason to reporters for why Gannon had decided to resign as the department\u2019s police chief.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/daunte-wright-protests-minnesota-police-shooting-taser-73b1af26c9ed5d437988d8d1c72bb311\">the Associated Press<\/a>, activists who showed up to the press conference were quick to criticize Acting Police Chief Tony Gruenig for not having a plan for the department. It\u2019s not clear how much notice Gruenig had prior to assuming the role.<\/p>\n<p><span>Potter, 48, announced in a letter to city officials earlier Tuesday that she was resigning effective immediately. <\/span><span>\u201cI 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,\u201d she wrote in the resignation letter.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The area has been hit with a wave of unrest in the two days since the shooting. According to the local news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/news\/hundreds-gather-at-brooklyn-center-police-department-to-protest-shooting-of-daunte-wright\/6073215\/\">KSTP<\/a>, law enforcement officials arrested forty people, on Monday evening and Tuesday morning, for everything from violating curfew to engaging in rioting.<\/p>\n<p><span>Elliot told reporters in the Tuesday press conference that Potter was not pressured to resign from her job. He also said that he hoped the community would experience calm soon, remarks that come after multiple law enforcement agencies were deployed to the general area to facilitate order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The two officers\u2019 resignations come only days after Potter fatally shot Daunte Wright, 20, during a traffic stop on Sunday, after he allegedly started resisting arrest. <\/span><span>Police officials said Monday that they believed the officer meant to fire her taser when she shot Daunte with her gun. Body camera footage released by the police department shows Potter repeatedly yelling \u201ctaser!\u201d before shooting him.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHoly sh*t, I just shot him,\u201d she said after firing her gun, according to bodycam footage from the encounter. Daunte\u2019s car proceeded to travel several blocks until a crash brought it to a halt. According to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner, Daunte died of a gunshot wound.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Back on Monday, before resigning, Gannon said that he believed the officer intended to deploy a taser when she shot him, noting that she shouted \u201ctaser\u201d before firing. \u201cAs I watch the video and listen to the officer\u2019s commands, it is my belief that the officer had the intention to deploy their Taser, but instead shot Mr. Wright with a single bullet,\u201d said Gannon, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/explainer-officer-gun-taser-77031088\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;ABC News.<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon resigned from his position Tuesday afternoon, a development that comes after Kim Potter, the 26-year veteran police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, was &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312120,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1715.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Brooklyn Center Police Chief Resigns Along With Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1715.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Brooklyn Center Police Chief Resigns Along With Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}