As more details on the shooting surface, demonstrators protest and demand the mayor steps down next.
Transcript for Minneapolis police chief resigns in fallout from bride-to-be’s death at the hands of police
We move on to the new fallout this morning after that fatal police shooting of a yoga and meditation instructor in Minneapolis. The police chief resigned on Friday but now frustrated demonstrators want the mayor to step down as well and ABC’s erielle reshef joins us with more. Good morning to you, erielle. Reporter: Good morning, Paula and Dan. Minneapolis city leaders under fire this morning. Protesters storming a press conference outranged over police shootings that have plagued the twin cities. Reporter: This morning the fallout from Justine damond’s shocking death leading the Minneapolis police chief to resign. The chief is not in a position to lead us further. Reporter: Mayor Betsy hodges becoming the target of boiling anger. We don’t want you as our mayor of Minneapolis anymore. This press conference spinning out of control. This department has terrorized us enough. We do not wants you as the mayor of Minneapolis and we want you to resign right now. We don’t want you. Reporter: The police shooting of the 40-year-old Australian bride-to-be coming one year after philando Castile was killed by police during a traffic stop outside St. Paul. At a March for damond, Castile’s mother Valerie seen offering comfort to damond’s fiancee but so far Mohamed Noor the officer who opened fire on him keeping quiet. We cannot compel officer Noor to make a statement. I wish we could. Reporter: Investigators working to piece together why Noor shot damond after responding to her 911 call. In the transcript she says I can hear someone out the back telling dispatch she thought someone was being assaulted. Noor’s partner Matthew harrity saying the two were startled by a loud noise moments before she appeared next to their patrol car in a dark alley. Noor shooting her through the window. Neither of their body cameras turned on. The officers administering cpr but it was too late and the assistant police chief will now take over the Minneapolis police department. The mayor insisting she will not resign. Police have talked to one person who stopped at the scene as officers were trying to revive damond. They’re asking for they other potential witnesses to now come forward. A lot of anger in Minneapolis. A lot. We want to move to the
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