Kimberly A. Potter has been confirmed as the officer who killed Daunte Wright on Sunday near Minneapolis
Wright, 20, was shot dead on Sunday afternoon at a traffic stop, as Potter was training a new officer
Potter, 48, drew what the police force said she believed was her taser, and says: Holy s , I shot him
Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said it was an accidental discharge
Wright and his girlfriend were pulled over for what his mother said was air fresheners dangling from his rear-view mirror, which is illegal in Minnesota. It hasn t been confirmed by police why he was pulled over
AP Photo/Seth Wenig
A second night of rioting and looting took place in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota on Monday night, a suburban community approximately 20 miles from the Minneapolis-St.Paul metroplex.
In an effort to get out ahead of the protestors, the Brooklyn Center City Council passed a resolution at an emergency meeting on Monday that prohibited the police from using tear gas or other chemical irritants, as well as non-lethal impact weapons.
Either that message never made it to the police department, or the Brooklyn Center Police Officers simply stood aside and allowed Minnesota State Police officers to have the pleasure of firing both types of devices into the crowd because plenty of both were put to use.
Brooklyn Center, MINNESOTA (77WABC) – Overnight protest erupted in a suburb of Minneapolis after a fatal police shooting of a black man happened on Sunday afternoon.
20-year-old Daunte Wright was killed during a traffic stop and now violence is once again erupting on the streets of Minnesota.
“Our state mourns another life of a black man taken away by law enforcement,”
said Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on Twitter Sunday.
I am closely monitoring the situation in Brooklyn Center. Gwen and I are praying for Daunte Wright’s family as our state mourns another life of a Black man taken by law enforcement.
The female police officer who shot dead Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old black man, during a traffic stop in Minneapolis accidentally fired her gun instead of her taser, the police chief said.