" Justine didn' t have to die. Based on the BCA information, this should not have happened, " she said
Amid controversy stemming from her response to another in a string of headline-making police shootings, Janee Harteau has resigned as Minneapolis police chief, CBS Minnesota reports.
On Thursday, five days after the police shooting of Justine Damond in south Minneapolis, Harteau spoke publicly for the first time. She had been out of town since the shooting, on vacation.
„Justine didn’t have to die. Based on the BCA information, this should not have happened. We’re talking about the actions of one individual, “ Harteau said.
Harteau has been under growing pressure to speak out about her department’s officer-involved shooting. Some were questioning why she wouldn’t cut her vacation short and return with answers.
Harteau served as the head of the Minneapolis Police Department as it was in the center of intense scrutiny over the shooting deaths of Jamar Clark and Damond, additionally heightened in the Twin Cities following the shooting death of Philando Castile by then-St. Anthony Main police officer Jeronimo Yanez.
