Page 793 - Daunte Wright News Today

Kimberly Potter, a former police officer in a city north of Minneapolis, has said she mistakenly used her handgun instead of her Taser when firing at Daunte Wright, 20, as he attempted to flee in his car following a traffic stop.

A white suburban Minneapolis police officer charged with manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright, a Black man, said she meant to use her Taser to try to stop

A white suburban Minneapolis police officer charged with manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright, a Black man, said she meant to use her Taser but...

Kim Potter, 49, is charged with first-degree and second-degree manslaughter. The white former officer, who resigned two days after the shooting, has said she meant to use her Taser on Wright, who was Black.

Prosecutor: Minnesota officer charged in Daunte Wright's death 'betrayed a 20-year-old kid'

Prosecutors cast doubt on Kim Potter’s claims she thought she held a Taser: she had years of training but got it ‘dead wrong’

Potter faces two counts of manslaughter for the killing of Daunte Wright as he tried to drive away from a traffic stop in the Minneapolis area.

Defense lawyers argued that Potter's use of a weapon was justified, even as they acknowledged she meant to draw her Taser, not her handgun. "She's a human being," said attorney Paul Engh.

MINNEAPOLIS - The suburban Minneapolis police officer who killed Daunte Wright violated her training and "betrayed a 20-year-old kid" when she shot hi...

Potter attorney to jury at outset of officers manslaughter trial: All Daunte Wright had to do was surrender.