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The cop who fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop resigned Tuesday following continued protests over the police killing of another Black man in Minnesota.
The police chief of Brooklyn Center, Tim Gannon, also submitted a letter of resignation, Mayor Mike Elliott told reporters Tuesday.
The announcements came after a massive crowd gathered outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department. Protests had continued into Tuesday morning for the second night in a row, with hundreds answering calls of "Say his name!" with "Daunte Wright!"
That’s a start, but it’s just not enough at this point. They should both face criminal charges, and the officer should be barred from taking on another police-like law enforcement position. There need to be real consequences for criminal police practices. Voluntarily resigning is not a solution; it’s just an inconvenience to them with no meaningfup behavioral change.