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Brooklyn Center, MN police release bodycam footage of the moments leading to the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright

Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon calls the shooting of Daunte Wright an "accidental discharge":

“It is my belief that the officer had the intention to employ their taser, but instead shot Mr. Wright with a single bullet.”

CHIEF GANNON: "I was front and center at the protest, at the riot."

QUESTIONERS: "Don't do that... There was no riot."

CHIEF GANNON: "There was... The officers were being pelted with frozen cans of pop, pelted with concrete blocks... an officer was hit in the head with a brick"

Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon:

"I'm the leader of this department. They expect me to lead; create a safe city. That's what I'm trying to do."

QUESTIONER: "Will you commit to protecting protesters and the people of this city."

CHIEF GANNON: "I am committed to protecting the peaceful protesters of this city every day."

QUESTIONER: "Not yesterday."

CHIEF GANNON: "Peaceful protesters."