Officer resigns

A white police officer who fatally shot a black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb resigned yesterday, as did the city’s police chief — moves that the mayor said he hoped would help heal the community and lead to reconciliation after two nights of protests and unrest. The resignations from Officer Kim Potter and Police Chief Tim Gannon came two days after the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Centre. Potter, a 26-year veteran, had been on administrative leave following Monday’s shooting, which happened as the Minneapolis area was already on edge over the trial of an officer charged in George Floyd’s death.