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UpdatedMon, May 17, 2021 at 3:30 pm CT Reply(1) In this handout provided by the Hennepin County Sheriffs Office, former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter poses for a mugshot at the Hennepin County Jail on April 14, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hennepin County Sheriffs Office via Getty Images) MINNEAPOLIS — The trial against former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter is set for Dec. 6. Potter, 48, is charged with second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Da...

A former Minnesota police officer charged with killing 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop will stand trial at the end of the year, a judge ruled Monday.

Kim Potter to face a second degree manslaughter charge for her fatal shooting of Daunte Wright. Potter, who is White, killed Wright, a 20-year-old Black man and father, during a traffic stop in April. The shooting set off days of unrest in the city of 30,000. Wright was pulled over for driving with expired tags, and during the stop police noticed he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. As an officer attempted to place Wright under arrest, he wrested away from him and went back into the d...

Former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota police officer Kim Potter will face a manslaughter trial in December, a judge ruled.

Former Brooklyn Center Officer Kim Potter appeared in Hennepin County District Court on Monday afternoon via Zoom for an omnibus hearing, also known as a pretrial hearing.

Potter is expected to plead not guilty, but has yet to formally enter a plea. Potter was one of several officers attempting to arrest Wright during an early April traffic stop. Officials said Potter had intended to stun the man with her Taser gun to subdue him but accidentally drew her handgun instead and fired once, hitting Wright in the chest. Wrights family attorney disputes that the shooting was accidental, arguing that Potter, a 26-year police veteran, would have been able to feel the diff...

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Trial for Brooklyn Center Officer Kim Potter in shooting of Daunte Wright could start in December; city OKs sweeping changes in policing John Bacon and Christal Hayes, USA TODAY Kim Potter, former officer who shot Daunte Wright, faces second-degree manslaughter charge Replay Video UP NEXT The case against a white, former police officer who was charged in the fatal shooting of a Black man in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center will proceed with a trial starting as early ...

Trial of former police officer Kimberly Potter starts Dec. 6 Potter is charged in the shooting death of Daunte Wright. Author: Hennepin County Sheriffs Office An omnibus hearing in the case against Potter was held Monday afternoon, during which Hennepin County Judge Regina M. Chu ruled the case could proceed and set Dec. 6 as the tentative start date for the trial. The 48-year-old from Champlin, who served as a police officer for 26 years, is charged with second-degree manslaughter in connectio...