16/04/2021 Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran who resigned from the Brooklyn Center police force, poses for a booking photograph at Hennepin County Jail for fatally shooting 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 14, 2021 in a combination of photographs. Photo credit: Hennepin County Sheriff s Office/Handout via Reuters
The former Minnesota police officer charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop made her first court appearance on Thursday (local time), with the family of the slain father calling for full accountability .
Forty-eight-year-old Kimberly Potter, who turned in her badge on Tuesday and posted US$100,000 bond hours after her arrest on Wednesday, appeared for the online video hearing seated with her lawyer in his office. The proceeding lasted just a few minutes.
By Jonathan Allen and Maria Caspani
MINNEAPOLIS, April 15 (Reuters) - The former Minnesota police officer charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a young Black man during a traffic stop made her first court appearance on Thursday as the slain motorist s family called for full accountability for his death.
Kimberly Potter, 48, who turned in her badge on Tuesday and posted $100,000 bond hours after her arrest on Wednesday, appeared for the online video hearing seated with her lawyer in his office. The proceeding lasted just a few minutes.
Potter, wearing a plaid shirt, was not asked any questions about the case or her intended plea, and spoke only to say: Yes, I am, when asked to affirm her attendance for the record.