That was the last time that I've seen my son. WRIGHT: She pointed the known towards the driver's seat and my son was laying there unresponsive. MIGUEL MARQUEZ, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Another day, another American family, African-American, fed up with the unequal treatment all around now reeling at the death of a son, brother and father, Daunte Wright dead at the hands of police. I just thought maybe he was being arrested. KATIE WRIGHT, MOTHER OF DAUNTE WRIGHT: I never imagined this is what was going to happen. And as CNN's Miguel Marquez reports, despite the resignations today, officials fear more even violence tonight as the nation grapples with yet another unnecessary death of a black man at the hands of law enforcement. The mayor of Brooklyn Center saying this afternoon he hopes the resignations will bring calm to the community after a second night of protests, some of which turned violent. The county prosecutor says he hopes to have a charging decision on former Officer Potter by tomorrow. The now former police chief called it an accident. Officer Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran of the force grabbed her handgun instead of her Taser apparently by mistake and shot Wright dead as he attempted to flee from police. Just ten miles down the road, both the Brooklyn Center police officer who shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright on Sunday and her boss, the chief of police, both of them have resigned. #BLOVIATED SCORN TRIAL#Major developments in our national lead this afternoon as we continue to watch former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin stand trial for the murder of George Floyd. JAKE TAPPER, CNN HOST: Welcome to THE LEAD. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. Police Chief, Officer Who Shot & Killed Daunte Wright Both Resign Prosecution Rests, Defense Calls First Witnesses in Murder Trial CDC, FDA Recommend Pause of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine.
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