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Today Kim Potter, the Brooklyn Center MN police officer who accidently shot Daunte Wright, was arrested and will be charged with manslaughter.
The white officer who shot and killed a young Black man Sunday has been arrested and charged with manslaughter, Washington County Attorney Pete Orput confirmed Wednesday.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said its agents took former Brooklyn Center officer Kim Potter into custody at about 11:30 a.m. She was booked into the Hennepin County Jail shortly after noon, before posting bail Wednesday evening. Her first court appearance is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
Note the importance of identifying her race.
Kim Potter makes first court appearance in shooting of Daunte Wright
The former Brooklyn Center police officer is charged with second-degree manslaughter for shooting the 20-year-old motorist during a traffic stop. Author: Dana Thiede Updated: 3:31 PM CDT April 15, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS Former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter made her first court appearance Thursday afternoon, charged with second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of motorist Daunte Wright on April 11.
Appearing via Zoom from the office of her attorney Earl Gray, the 48-year-old Potter said few words, acknowledging the judge s questions with the occasional yes and only appearing on camera for fleeting seconds.
Police issue alert for missing 14-year-old western Minnesota girl who may be in Twin Cities
By FOX 9 Staff
(Minnesota BCA / Supplied)
(FOX 9) - The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has issued an alert for a 14-year-old girl reported missing in western Minnesota, who may be headed toward the Twin Cities metro.
According to the Minnesota BCA, 14-year-old Cienna Pittman was last seen Tuesday around 3:55 p.m. getting into a vehicle near her home in Benson, Minnesota. She hasn t been seen since.
Investigators say Cienna was last seen wearing a black North Face jacket, black Under Armour long sleeve shirt, and black leggings. Officers say she also has tattoos on her left arm, Honey written on her wrist, and stars on both of her front shoulders. She also has piercings in her nose, belly button, and two in her ears.
Daunte Wright’s mother says ‘justice isn’t even a word to me’ as ex-officer makes court appearance
The family of Daunte Wright the Black motorist shot and killed by a Minnesota police officer during an arrest attempt last weekend sees a manslaughter charge filed against the officer as a “good initial step” toward justice, a lawyer for the relatives said Thursday.
Wright’s mother Katie, however, later questioned whether even justice would be enough.
“Unfortunately there’s never going to be justice for us,” she told reporters Thursday.
Would justice “bring our son home to us, knocking on the door with his big smile coming in the house, sitting down eating dinner with us, going out to lunch, playing with his one-year-old, almost-two-year-old son, giving them a kiss before he walks out the door,” she added. “So justice isn’t even a word to me.”