By Jonathan Allen and Maria Caspani
MINNEAPOLIS, April 15 (Reuters) - The former Minnesota police officer charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a young Black man during a traffic stop made her first court appearance on Thursday as the slain motorist s family called for full accountability for his death.
Kimberly Potter, 48, who turned in her badge on Tuesday and posted $100,000 bond hours after her arrest on Wednesday, appeared for the online video hearing seated with her lawyer in his office. The proceeding lasted just a few minutes.
Potter, wearing a plaid shirt, was not asked any questions about the case or her intended plea, and spoke only to say: Yes, I am, when asked to affirm her attendance for the record.
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Former Minnesota police officer charged in Wright death appears in court
04/15/2021 20:37 (Restores Daunte Wright s dropped first name in 4th paragraph)
(Reuters) -The former Minnesota police officer charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old Black man during a traffic stop made her first court appearance on Thursday as the family called for full accountability for his death.
Kim Potter, wearing a plaid shirt, confirmed her presence during a brief online hearing and waved to the judge from a table in her lawyer s office. Potter, 48, was not asked any questions about the shooting or her intended plea.
Hennepin County Judge Paul Scoggin set the next court date for May 17 and ordered Potter, who is out on a $100,000 bond, not to use firearms or explosives for the duration of her case.
Former officer Kim Potter makes first court appearance in Daunte Wright killing
Prosecutors will try to show that Kim Potter, 48, was culpably negligent and took an unreasonable risk in shooting Wright after pulling him over for expired license plates in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center on Sunday, April 11.
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Kimberly Potter booking photo, Wednesday, April 14, 2021.
MINNEAPOLIS The former Minnesota police officer charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop made her first court appearance on Thursday, April 15, as Wright s family called for full accountability for his death.
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