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A white former police officer faced her first court appearance Thursday on a second-degree manslaughter charge in the traffic-stop shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright.

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — 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

Note: This article has been corrected. BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — A white former suburban Minneapolis police officer was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter for killing 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright in a shooting that ignited days of unrest and clashes between protesters and police. The charge against former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter was filed three days after Wright was killed during a traffic stop and as the nearby murder trial progresses for the ex-...

Ex-cop Kim Potter charged with manslaughter in shooting death of Daunte Wright Updated 6:23 AM; Today 6:23 AM This booking photo released by the Hennepin County, Minn., Sheriffs Office shows Kim Potter, a former Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer who is charged with second-degree manslaughter in the killing of 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright. (Hennepin County Sheriff via AP) Facebook Share BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A white former police officer faced her first court appeara...

OP-ED: Cops who shoot unarmed Black people think everything is a gun. Except their own gun Leonard Greene New York Daily News (TNS) So, I’m reading about the cop who shot Daunte Wright in Minnesota on Sunday and the police chief who defended her deadly mistake, and I’m wondering if there has ever been a time in the history of law enforcement when an officer grabbed his Taser by accident when he meant to pull his gun. Kim Potter’s weapon was still warm when stories started appearing onlin...

Former Minn. cop charged in shooting of motorist Visitors browse a memorial to George Floyd as a new addition commemorating Daunte Wright is displayed outside Cup Foods, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) John Minchillo Fencing and concrete barriers surround the home of former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter as local police guard her residence, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in Champlin, Minn. A prosecutor said Wednesday that he will charge Potter, ...

Dante Wright death: Former Minnesota cop charged for shooting Black motorist Kim Potter, who quit her job on the Brooklyn Center force two days after Daunte Wrights death, was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- A demonstrator is shot with less-than-lethal marking rounds and tear gas during a standoff with police during a protest decrying the shooting death of Daunte Wright. (Photo | AP) By Associated Press BROOKLYN CENTER: A white former poli...

By: Associated Press BROOKLYN CENTER, Minnesota - BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A white former police officer faced her first court appearance Thursday in the traffic-stop shooting of Black 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 Wright’s death, was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter in what her chief s...

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A prosecutor said Wednesday that he will charge a white former suburban Minneapolis police officer with second-degree manslaughter for killing 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright in a shooting that ignited days of unrest and clashes between protesters and police. The former Brooklyn Center police chief has said that Potter, a 26-year veteran and training officer, intended to use her Taser on Wright but fired her handgun instead. However, protesters and Wrigh...

A prosecutor said Wednesday that he charged a white former suburban Minneapolis police officer with second-degree manslaughter for killing 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright in a shooting that ignited days of unrest and clashes between protesters and police.