Police Chief Tim Gannon: 'Accidental Discharge'

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" pic.twitter.com/MxjPoQqMiE

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 12, 2021

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." pic.twitter.com/SJDE7ta7Gs

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 12, 2021

Questions should be posed and the police chief should be permitted to answer. The badgering by some members of the media was utterly unprofessional.