The charge, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine, was filed in Hennepin County under an agreement last year in which deadly police incidents in the Minneapolis metro area are referred to neighboring counties for prosecution.
Ms. Potter, 48, was shown in body camera footage Sunday yelling “Taser, Taser” at the 20-year-old Wright as he struggled with police after jumping back into his vehicle after police sought to take him into custody for an outstanding warrant following a traffic stop.
After firing once, she can be heard saying, “Holy s -, I just shot him.”
Mr. Wright was pulled over for an expired registration tag on the white Buick he was driving, but there was a warrant filed against him for aggravated first-degree robbery.
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Kim Potter, pictured in 2007, shot Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop Sunday. She resigned from the Brooklyn Center, Minn., police on Tuesday. Bruce Bisping/Minneapolis Star Tribune via Getty Images
Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer who shot Daunte Wright, has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, according to Minnesota authorities.
The Washington County Attorney s office announced the charges Wednesday. Certain occupations carry an immense responsibility and none more so than a sworn police officer, said Imran Ali, an assistant county attorney and head of the county s major crimes unit. We will vigorously prosecute this case and intend to prove that Officer Potter abrogated her responsibility to protect the public when she used her