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‘accident’ was ‘straight bulls**t’.  ‘I could tell he was scared, I could hear it in his voice,’ the older half brother, Dallas Wright said. ‘For them to call that an accident or a mistake is just straight bulls**t, that’s literally all it is.’  ‘I know I’m probably not supposed to be swearing or anything, but it was straight bullshit… my brother lost his life because they were trigger happy.’ According to state records, Potter served as a LEMA Honor Guard Leadership Team member as a Casket Lieutenant. Kimberly Potter is the president of the Brooklyn Center Poli...

The police officer who shot a black man after a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb has been identified as a veteran of 26 years.

MINNEAPOLIS, April 13 — The fatal police shooting of a young Black man in a Minneapolis suburb appeared to result from an officer mistakenly opening fire with her gun instead of a Taser in the midst of a struggle during a traffic stop, the city’s police chief said on Monday. Family members of...

Black man killed by police in Minnesota was 'amazing, loving kid' Reuters 2 hrs ago © Reuters/EVELYN HOCKSTEIN FILE PHOTO: People take part in a vigil following the fatal police shooting of 20-year-old Black man Daunte Wright in Minnesota , in Washington (Reuters) - Daunte Wright, the 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by a white police officer in a Minneapolis suburb during a traffic stop on Sunday, was kind, liked basketball and had a tight-knit family, according to media interviews with his relatives. Former U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for a "full and tran...

3 Min Read MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) -The Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police chief and the officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, a 20-year old Black man who struggled with police after a traffic stop, have both tendered their resignations, the city’s mayor said on Tuesday. Mayor Mike Elliott told reporters they resigned after the Brooklyn Center city council passed a resolution to dismiss both the chief, Tim Gannon, and the officer who shot Wright, Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran of the police force. The moves followed two nights of protests in the city of 30,000 people just miles from Minneapo...