Jakarta –
A policewoman (polwan) and a suburban town police chief in Minnesota, United States of America resigned from his post on Tuesday (13/4) local time. It is known that the policewoman resigned after doing it fatal shooting against a black man in the region.
As reported Associated Press and Channel News Asia, Wednesday (4/14/2021), the resignation came following a two-night protest in a city of 30,000 people, just a few kilometers from Minneapolis, the city where George Floyd was killed by police named Derek Chauvin in May.
The resignations of policewoman Kim Potter and Police Chief Tim Gannon came two days after the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright at the Brooklyn Center.
In a Potter resignation letter he wrote, “I am happy every minute to be a police officer and serve this community to the best of my ability, but I believe it is in the best interest of me, the community, the department and my fellow officers if I resign immediately.”
After the shooting on Sunday (11/4), Potter, a white policeman who has served for 26 years, has taken administrative leave.
Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott said he “appreciated” Potter submitting his resignation but he neither asked nor accepted it. It is not clear what that means.
The decision regarding whether prosecutors will sue Potter can be made as soon as possible on Wednesday (14/4) local time.
Meanwhile, the police chief believes Potter’s shooting was an accident because he was actually trying to retrieve his taser. In the video footage from the body camera a policeman can be heard shouting “Taser! Taser!” -Police procedures before using a stun gun.
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