San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr has resigned after an unarmed woman in a suspected stolen car was shot and killed by a  police officer in the city. Mayor  Ed Lee announced the resignation, who asked  Suhr to quit.

Mayor Lee said he hoped the resignation would help "to heal the city". “My goal has been real reform and trust has to be our priority. I have previously expressed confidence in Chief Suhr because I know he agrees with and understands the need for reform,” Lee said. “But following this morning’s shooting and my meeting with Chief Suhr this afternoon, today I have arrived at a different conclusion at how best to move forward.”

“The progress we’ve made has been meaningful but it hasn’t been fast enough. Not for me and not for Greg.”

The department appointed  Toney Chaplin as the new chief. A 26-year department veteran served as deputy chief and former head of the department’s homicide division.

“The men and women of SFPD put themselves in harm’s way literally every day. We owe it to them to restore the community’s trust in their work,” Lee said.

San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, said that, "We're at a crossroads. The question I have is whether or not we're going to bring on leadership that is truly committed to changing the culture in the police department or will it be business as usual?"

Over 1,000 fatal shootings by police takes place in the United States per year, and those killed are disproportionately African-American.

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