Posted 3 years ago
Curt Boganey, city manager of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, has been fired in the wake of the police shooting death of Daunte Wright. At an emergency meeting Monday afternoon, the Brooklyn Center City Council voted 3-2 to give authority over the police department to Mayor Mike Elliott.
“Effective immediately our city manager has been relieved of his duties, and the deputy city manager will be assuming his duties moving forward,” Elliott tweeted. “I will continue to work my hardest to ensure good leadership at all levels of our city government.”
This came after Boganey was criticized for saying that all city employees are entitled to “due process with respect to discipline.” This comment was made in response to the shooting of Daunte Wright, by Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, who is claiming that she shot Wright accidentally after pulling her service weapon instead of her taser.
Journalists at the press conference quickly pointed out that due process was not afforded to Wright, a 20-year-old shot and killed over outstanding warrants for traffic tickets.
Topic: US News
Tags: Minnesota Curt Boganey Daunte Wright shooting Mayor Mike Elliott