Trial for Brooklyn Center Officer Kim Potter in shooting of Daunte Wright could start in December; city OKs sweeping changes in policing John Bacon and Christal Hayes, USA TODAY
Kim Potter, former officer who shot Daunte Wright, faces second-degree manslaughter charge
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The case against a white, former police officer who was charged in the fatal shooting of a Black man in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center will proceed with a trial starting as early as December, a judge ruled Monday.
Kim Potter, a decorated, 26-year police veteran, resigned days after shooting 20-year-old Daunte Wright last month. The tragedy occurred a few miles from where George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin less than a year earlier, and it took place days before Chauvin was convicted of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter.
The Brooklyn Center City Council voted on Saturday to pass a police reform package, spurred by the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported.The reforms aim to overhaul policing in the Minneapolis suburb. Among the measures in the package are an increase in independent oversight for the police department, a prohibition of arrests for low-level offenses, the use of unarmed civilians to handle minor traffic.
U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington
We know that this past year has been a particularly rough time for our law enforcement officers in America. Protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death spiraled into reprehensible violence and looting. Radical groups pushed a ludicrous “Defund the Police” campaign while some elected officials even endorsed the rioting and encouraged violence.
Despite these turbulent times, law enforcement officers have showed up to work each day, vowing to protect our families and our communities. While police have received intense scrutiny over the past year, I have worked to remind people that no one wants to rid law enforcement of corruption more than the good, honorable police officers.
15 May 2021
Three women are accused of leaving a pig’s head at the former California home of the police expert who testified for the defense in the Derek Chauvin trial.
Police arrested Kristen Aumoithe, 34, Amber Lucas, 35, and Rowan Dalbey, 20, in Santa Rosa this week and charged them with felony vandalism and conspiracy, NBC Bay Area reported.
They were all cited and released.
The three women, dressed in all black, are accused of vandalizing the former home of former Santa Rosa Police Officer Barry Brodd over his testimony during former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin’s trial in connection with the murder of George Floyd in mid-April.