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April 14, 2021 11:50 am
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (KLKN) The Washington County Attorney has charged Kim Potter with 2nd-degree manslaughter in the shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright.
According to a press release from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, Potter was arrested Wednesday around 11:30 am.
Attorney Ben Crump, co-counsel Jeff Storms, and Antonio Romanucci have released the following statement concerning Potter’s arrest:
“While we appreciate that the district attorney is pursuing justice for Daunte, no conviction can give the Wright family their loved one back. This was no accident. This was an intentional, deliberate, and unlawful use of force. Driving while Black continues to result in a death sentence. A 26-year veteran of the force knows the difference between a taser and a firearm. Kim Potter executed Daunte for what amounts to no more than a minor traffic infraction and a misdemeanor warrant. Daunte’s life, like George Floyd’s life, like
Minnesota cop who shot Black man after traffic stop charged with manslaughter
By Nick Pfosi and Gabriella Borter
Reuters
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) -The white suburban police officer who fatally shot a young Black motorist during a traffic stop in a confrontation that ignited three nights of civil unrest was charged with manslaughter on Wednesday, a day after the officer turned in her badge.
Daunte Wright, 20, was pulled over in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center on Sunday for what police said was an expired vehicle registration, then struggled with police and was shot dead by officer Kim Potter, 48, who drew her handgun instead of a Taser in what officials called an accident.
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Photo released by the Hennepin County Sheriff shows Kim Potter following her arrest today.
Photo released by the Hennepin County Sheriff shows Kim Potter following her arrest today.
THE FORMER POLICE officer who shot dead 20-year-old Black man Daunte Wright in a Minneapolis suburb after appearing to mistake her gun for her Taser was arrested today and will face manslaughter charges, officials said.
“Agents took Kim Potter into custody at approximately 11.30 am,” the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said in a statement, adding that second-degree manslaug
MSNBC analyst Claire McCaskill, a former Democratic Missouri Senator, left out critical details pertaining to the former criminal charges against Daunte Wright a 20-year-old black man who was shot and killed in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota over the weekend during a traffic stop.
McCaskill claimed that Wright strictly has a prior charge of “carrying a gun without a permit.”
“You know why he had a warrant?” said McCaskill. “He had a warrant because he didn’t get a notice for a hearing. And you know what he was charged with? Carrying a gun without a permit in America. Are you kidding me? In most states, you don’t even have to have a permit to carry a gun.”