By Sanjana Karanth The city manager of a Minnesota suburb was fired on Monday in response to the fatal police shooting of year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop a day earlier.
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Councilmember Dan Ryan announced the decision during a virtual council workshop, according to the Minnesota Star Tribuneand Elliott confirmed it on Twitter. I appreciate the other councilmembers who voted to approve this motion. Moments ago the council passed a motion to give command authority over our Police Department to my office. At such a tough time, this will streamline things and establish a chain of command and leadership.
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I appreciate the other councilmembers who voted to approve this motion pic. Police shot and killed Wright, who is Black, on Sunday afternoon after pulling him over for a traffic violation. Newly released body camera footage appears to show officers trying to arrest Wright outside of his vehicle for what they later found was an outstanding warrant. At a press conference earlier Monday, Police Chief Tim Gannon said the officer who killed Wright likely meant to use a Taser but mistakenly used her gun instead.]
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