METRO COMMUNITIES HAVE CURFEWS
STARTING AT 10:00 TONIGHT.
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THE POLICE OFFICER WHO SHOT
AND KILLED DAUNTE WRIGHT HAS
RESIGNED.
THIS COMES TWO DAYS AFTER SHE
SHOT THE 20-YEAR-OLD DURING A
TRAFFIC STOP.
THE POLICE CHIEF ALSO RESIGNED.
YESTERDAY GANNON RELEASED
CAMERA EVIDENCE OF THE
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
AND IS IN THE HANDS OF THE
PROSECUTORS IN WASHINGTON
COUNTY.
NOW THEY WANT THE STATE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE TO
TAKE OVER.
THIS NEEDS TO BE APPOINTED
TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
SO I AM CALLING ON THE GOVERNOR
TO EXERCISE HIS AUTHORITY.
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TELLS
WCCO THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
IS FOCUSED ON THE DEREK CHAUVIN
TRIAL.
WASHINGTON COUNTY ATTORNEY
TELLS WCCO HE WAS ASSIGNED THE
CASE AND HOPES TO MAKE A
CHARGING DECISION TOMORROW.
KIM POTTER'S RESIGNATION COMES
AFTER A 26 YEAR CAREER WITH THE
FORCE.
SPOKE TO A FORMER CO-WORKER
ABOUT WHAT SHE'S LIKE AS AN
OFFICER AND A PERSON.
SHE'S DEVASTATED OVER THIS.
Reporter: BRIAN PETERS WAS A
POLICE OFFICER FOR THE BROOKLYN
CENTER POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM
2003 TO 2015 OFTEN GOING ON
CALLS WITH FORMER OFFICER
POTTER.
KIM DOESN'T HAVE A MEAN
SPIRITED BONE IN HER BODY.
Reporter: PETERS, PART OF
WAS KNOWN FOR VOLUNTEERING TIME
TO DIFFERENT CAUSES LIKE
SPECIAL OLYMPICS.
SHE WAS VERY PASSIONATE
ABOUT HELPING VICTIMS OF
DOMESTIC ASSAULT.
SHE WAS JUST A PROBLEM SOLVER.
Reporter: IN RESIGNING FROM
THE DEPARTMENT TUESDAY POTTER
SAID IN PART 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
FELLOW OFFICERS IF I RESIGN
IMMEDIATELY.
I ASKED PETERS ABOUT THE
DISTURBING VIDEO THAT SHOWS THE
MOMENT FORMER OFFICER POTTER
FIRED HER GUN, NOT TASER.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS GOING
THROUGH HER MIND?
HE SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO
SPECULATE.
WHEN YOU ARE STRUGGLING AND
FIGHTING WITH SOMEONE, YOUR
MIND RACES FROM 0 TO 100.
Reporter: HE SAYS OFFICERS
HAVE GUN ON THE DOMINANT SIDE
AND TASER IS TYPICALLY BRIGHTLY
COLORED TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM
A FIREARM.
I KNOW THEY RESEMBLE MORE,
HAVE A HANDLE AND A TRIGGER BUT
AGAIN THE HANDLE IS A LITTLE
Reporter: PETERS SAYS HE
DOES NOT BELIEVE POTTER FACED
DISCIPLINE IN THEIR TIME
TOGETHER ON THE FORCE.
HE SAID SHE WAS MEETING WITH
HER ATTORNEY EARL GRAY TUESDAY.
I KNOW KIM MADE A TRAGIC
ERROR THAT SHE'S GOING TO HAVE
TO LIVE WITH FOR THE REST OF
HER LIFE.
PETERS SAYS KIM POTTER
HELPED TRAIN NEW OFFICERS AND
HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE
BROOKLYN CENTER POLICE
OFFICER'S ASSOCIATION.
WE REACHED OUT FOR COMMENT BUT
DID NOT HEAR BACK.
TWO FAMILIES MOURNING LOVED
ONES STOOD IN SOLIDARITY
MOURNING FOR CHANGE.
MEMBERS OF GEORGE FLOYD'S
FAMILY WALKED OUT OF THE
COURTROOM TO JOIN THE FAMILY OF
DAUNTE WRIGHT TO SHOW SUPPORT.
THEY PLEDGED TO WALK SIDE BY
SIDE WITH THE FAMILY.
THE NAME FOR CHANGE, THAT
TIME IS NOW.
YOU CAN'T SWEEP THIS UNDER THE
RUG ANYMORE.
WE ARE HERE AND WE WILL FIGHT
FOR JUSTICE FOR THIS FAMILY
JUST LIKE WE ARE FIGHTING FOR
OUR BROTHER.
CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY BEN
CRUMP REPRESENTS BOTH FAMILIES
AND WE'LL HEAR MORE FROM THE
WRIGHT FAMILY AT 6:00.
IN BROOKLYN CENTER THERE IS
A GROWING MEMORIAL AT THE PLACE
WHERE DAUNTE WRIGHT DIED.
WE SAW A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE
THERE THIS MORNING INCLUDING
TWO STUDENTS WHO DROPPED OFF
FLOWERS BEFORE CLASSES BEGAN
TODAY.
OUR COMMUNITY IS SUFFERING
SO MUCH IN THE PAST YEAR
ESPECIALLY.
IT'S SO HEART BREAKING THAT
THIS HAPPENED.
I THINK IT IS ALWAYS NICE TO
SHOW SUPPORT TO LET THE FAMILY
KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING THROUGH
IT ALONE AND TO SHOW THE FAMILY
THAT YOU DO HAVE SUPPORT FROM
YOUR COMMUNITY.
ACTIVISTS BROUGHT ORIGINAL
POWER FIST FROM GEORGE FLOYD
SQUARE TO THIS INTERACTION.
A NEW MUCH LARGER MONUMENT WAS
MADE AND IS AT 38th AND
CHICAGO.