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WASHINGTON COUNTY, Minn. former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly A. Potter has been arrested and charged by The Washington County Attorney’s Office with second-degree manslaughter in the shooting death on Sunday of Daunte Wright. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine, StarTribune reported.
This marks the third time that a U.S. law enforcement officer will face criminal charges for killing someone in what they claim or what appears to be a mix-up between a firearm and a Taser, according to the news organization.
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman referred the case to Orput under a practice adopted last year among metro area county attorney’s offices for deadly police shootings. It calls for the county attorney in the jurisdiction where the shooting took place to refer the case to one of the other counties, or the state Attorney General’s Office, to avoid the appearance of a conf
Daunte Wright shooting: Officer Kim Potter has been charged with 2nd-degree manslaughter
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Officer arrested, will face second-degree manslaughter charge in killing of Daunte Wright
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