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Minnesota cop Kimberly Potter, 48, appears in court for the first time but does not enter a plea after being charged with second-degree manslaughter for shooting dead Daunte Wright, 20 Former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kimberly Potter attended her first court hearing in Hennepin County District Court via Zoom Thursday  Potter dressed in a casual check shirt as she sat with attorney Earl Gray - who is representing one of the cops charged in the killing of George Floyd The white cop was arr...

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. – The former Brooklyn Center police officer charged with second-degree manslaughter in the shooting of Daunte Wright, 20, a Black man, made her first court appearance Thursday. Kim Potter appeared briefly on Zoom for a largely procedural hearing. She was seated in the office of her attorney, Earl Gray, and spoke only to confirm her presence. Her next court date is scheduled for May 17. Potter, 48, who is white, fatally shot Wright during a traffic stop Sunday. In ch...

© Twitter A protester is going viral online for a television interview he gave to CNN recently during demonstrations in Brooklyn Center, Minn., in response to the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright. “I’ve been here all four nights,” the protester said on Wednesday night, just days after Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop. “I’m just standing here today with soup for my family. And we’re just watching all of this unfold. ...

Ex-Cop Charged in Daunte Wright Shooting Due in Court Kim Potter, who quit her job on the Brooklyn Center force two days after Daunte Wrights death, was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter By Scott Bauer and Mike Householder • Published 4 hours ago • Updated 3 hours ago NBCUniversal Media, LLC A white former police officer faced her first court appearance Thursday in the traffic-stop shooting of a Black motorist that has engulfed a small Minneapolis subu...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Amid a new wave of nationwide protests after the shooting death of Daunte Wright by a Minnesota police officer, another Black man was fatally shot this week by police officers at a hospital outside Ohios capital city. Miles Jackson, 27, of Columbus, was killed in an exchange of gunfire with officers at Mount Carmel St. Anns medical center in Westerville on Monday. Columbus police on Wednesday afternoon released body camera footage of the incident and identified two office...

Here’s what’s happening across our nation. A Minnesota cop faces possible criminal charges over the killing of Daunte Wright Violent crime in New York City jumps 100-percent The defense of Derek Chauvin begins in Minneapolis Officials pause the Johnson & Johnson vaccine over safety concerns A report ranks the most livable countries on earth Plus, Bills Message of the Day, will more money solve the problem of bad schools? The OReilly Update is on Apple Podcasts and other podcast platforms. S...

Note: This article has been corrected. BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — A former police officer faced her first court appearance Thursday in the traffic-stop shooting of motorist Daunte Wright that has engulfed a small Minneapolis suburb in four straight days of bitter conflict between protesters and police. Kim Potter, who quit her job on the Brooklyn Center force two days after Wrights death, was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter in what her chief said appeared to be a case of con...

4th night of protests, arrests following shooting of Daunte Wright Officials with Operation Safety Net said around 24 arrests were made overnight as protests continued in Brooklyn Center. Author: KARE Staff Updated: 8:34 AM EDT April 15, 2021 BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Champlin curfews expired at 6 a.m. Thursday Officials declared demonstration outside Brooklyn Center PD unlawful assembly, declare multiple dispersal orders Brookly...

Derek Chauvin Invokes Fifth Amendment, Won’t Testify Intelligencer 8 hrs ago © CBS News CBS News The trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, is now in its third week. Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died on May 25, 2020 after Chauvin, who is white, placed his knee on his neck. The incident sparked nationwide protests against racism and police brutality, and now Chauvin is facing charges of manslaughter, second-degree murder, and...

Priscilla Shirer speaks at the funeral service for her mother, Lois Evans, on January 6, 2020. | YouTube Bible teacher Priscilla Shirer has urged believers to join her in prayer after a teenage member Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, led by her father, Pastor Tony Evans, was fatally shot.  In a tweet that was later shared by Evans, Shirer, head of Going Beyond Ministries, revealed that 17-year-old Tony Evans Jr. — who she clarified was not related to her — was killed on Sunday. “Family, wou...