State top cop quits
Fallout intensified Friday from the fatal police shooting of an unarmed Australian woman, as Minneapolis's police chief resigned, an angry crowd shouted down the mayor, and protesters filled streets for the second day in a row.
Police chief Janee Harteau resigned at the request of the Midwestern US city's mayor, who herself faced calls to stepped down by an angry crowd that brought her Friday evening news conference to an abrupt end.
Meanwhile, protesters filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis, demanding - among other things - greater police accountability and reform. Some celebrated news of the police chief's resignation.
Mayor Betsy Hodges promised to remain in her post, but said she understood the frustration of residents following the police shooting of Justine Damond last Saturday night, which has ignited an international outcry.
The 40-year-old Australian native had moved to the United States to marry her fiance. She called police to report a possible assault near her home and was shot to death by one of two responding officers as she walked up to their police car -- reportedly still in her pajamas.
Investigators probing the shooting have said little about the case, but on Friday announced notable progress in their effort to piece together what happened without the benefit of video evidence.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Affairs (BCA), the agency handling the probe, said it located and interviewed a witness they had been seeking.
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