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ABC News (BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn.) -- The mother of Daunte Wright, the 20-year-old Black man shot dead by a Minnesota police officer at a traffic stop, said she "wants 100% accountability" in the wake of the officers arrest. "If that even happens, were still going to bury our son," Wrights mother, Katie Wright, said at a Thursday news conference. "Were still never going to be able to see our baby boy." "Theres ne...

Fred de Sam Lazaro: Frustration over the citys handling was felt at a vigil for Wright last night, marked by emotional moments. Hundreds then took to the streets for a new round of protests outside the police station. Lines of officers in riot gear kept watch as anger built through the night, hours past curfew. Protester: You just killed Daunte Wright. If I make a mistake, are you all going to kill me too? Fred de Sam Lazaro: Looters broke into and vandalized a Dollar Tree nearby, while others ...

Prosecutors expect to decide Wednesday whether to charge the white former police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis...

Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter and Police Chief Tim Gannon resigned Tuesday, two days after Potter shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright. Prosecutors expect to decide Wednesday whether to charge Potter.

  BROOKLYN CENTER, MINN. -- Prosecutors expect to decide Wednesday whether to charge a white former police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb, sparking nights of protests and raising tensions amid the nearby murder trial of the ex-officer charged with killing George Floyd. Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter and Police Chief Tim Gannon resigned Tuesday, two days after Potter shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright. Gannon has said he believed Pot...

  BROOKLYN CENTER, MINN. -- Prosecutors expect to decide Wednesday whether to charge the white former police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb, sparking nights of protests and raising tensions amid the nearby murder trial of the ex-officer charged with killing George Floyd. Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter and Police Chief Tim Gannon resigned Tuesday, two days after Potter shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright. Gannon has said he believed P...

A white police officer who fatally shot a black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb resigned on Tuesday (Apr 13), as did the city's ...

After fatally shooting a black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb, Kim Potter, the Minnesota police officer responsible for Daunte Wrights death, and the chief of police resigned on Tuesday. Two days after the death of the 20-year-old black man in Brooklyn Center, Kim Potter and Police Chief Tim Gannon resigned in their positions.  The 26-year veteran of the police force Kim Potter had been on administrative leave after the Sunday shooting incident. Minneapolis was already on e...

The resignation of officer Kim Potter, a veteran with 26 years of service, “came amid a chaotic 24 hours” in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis during which police chief Tim Gannon also resigned and “the City Council fired the city manager”, transferring “control of the police department to the mayor”, The Washington Post reports.  Outside Brooklyn Center Police Department, “law enforcement moved in with heavy force against hundreds of protesters” who gathered at the police station f...

Prosecutors expect to decide Wednesday whether to charge the white former police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop, sparking nights of protests.