to be the very best it can be,” Chief Harteau said. “I asked Chief Harteau for her resignation, she tendered it, and I have accepted it.”Chief Harteau was the first woman to serve as Minneapolis police chief, and is also openly gay. Chief Harteau was also believed to have a strained relationship with Ms. Hodges. Both Ms. Hodges and Chief Harteau have said she should not have been shot. “Justine didn’t have to die,” Chief Harteau said on Thursday, citing information released by state officials investigating the case.

Source: New York Times July 21, 2017 23:10 UTC