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A judge in Hennepin County, Minn., on Monday said probable cause exists to support the charge of second-degree manslaughter against former Brooklyn Center

Print this article The trial over the death of Daunte Wright, a man shot by Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter, may proceed, a Minnesota judge ruled Monday. Hennepin County Judge Regina M. Chu set Potters trial date for Dec. 6 during the virtual omnibus hearing Monday, noting probable cause for a case against her. Potter last appeared in court in April, shortly after she shot Wright during a traffic stop. Potter faces second-degree manslaughter charges. The incident, which occurred duri...

Daunte Wright was shot dead on December 6 to begin the trial of a former U.S. police officer on Black Lives Matter News Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran officer, has been charged with second-degree murder for shooting Wright around Minneapolis. The former U.S. police officer was charged murder 20 years for shooting a black motor driver Daunte Wright the trial is set to begin on Dec. 6 at a traffic stop near Minneapolis last month, a state judge said Monday. Kimberly Potter, 48, was caught with the...

traffic stop of Daunte Wright MINNEAPOLIS – A December trial date has been set for a former suburban Minneapolis police officer charged with second-degree manslaughter in Daunte Wright’s death. Former Brooklyn Center Officer Kim Potter is scheduled to stand trial Dec. 6, barring any future scheduling conflicts. The date was set during a Monday pretrial hearing, during which Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu found there was probable cause for the case to proceed. Potter appeared at the hearin...

May 15, 2021 May 15, 2021 Black drivers are more likely to be pulled over than white drivers for minor infractions - such as hanging an air freshener on their rear-view mirror. SHOW TRANSCRIPT If you have an air freshener dangling from your rear view mirror, you may be targeted by police. That’s because in some states it’s technically against the law.  Last month, Daunte Wright was killed by 26-year police veteran Kim Potter. In that incident, the role the air freshener played in Wright be...

Don’t let the moment for police reform slip away Activists would be wise to accept substantive changes in law enforcement that are possible now — before rising crime could close the window of opportunity. By Michael Javen FortnerUpdated May 16, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, after the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin.Julio Cortez/Associated Press After the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, Ph...

Updated: May 16, 2021 12:00 PM Created: May 16, 2021 11:17 AM BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) - Elected officials in a Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April approved a resolution that puts the city on track to major changes to its policing practices. The Brooklyn Center City Council voted 4-1 Saturday in favor of a resolution that would create new divisions of unarmed civilian employees to handle non-moving traffic ...

The Brooklyn Center City Council has passed a resolution that would reshape the city's approach to policing.

elisfkc2 / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 The Brooklyn Center City Council voted 4-1 Saturday afternoon to dramatically reduce the power of its police department in a sweeping new measure. Brooklyn Center, a suburb of Minneapolis, where Daunte Wright died after being shot by an officer who said she thought she was holding her Taser rather than her handgun. “Our community has made it clear that it is time for real, transformative change that is going to keep everyone in our city safe. With this resol...

Family leads rally in Charlotte for Daunte Wright, 20-year-old killed by police officer in Minnesota Family leads rally in Charlotte for Daunte Wright, 20-year-old killed by police officer in Minnesota (Source: WBTV) By WBTV Web Staff | May 15, 2021 at 6:24 PM EDT - Updated May 15 at 9:28 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV/AP) - Daunte Wright, a biracial Black man, was shot and killed by a police officer last month just outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sister Monica Wright, and other family memb...