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2 slides Credit: Hennepin County Sheriff's Office Officer Who Killed Daunte Wright Makes First Court Appearance In Manslaughter Case By at 2:04 pm NPR The former Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer charged with killing Daunte Wright made her first appearance in court, as the Wright family continued their call for consequences. Police officials have said Kim Potter, a 48-year-old white woman, mistook her handgun for her Taser when she shot Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, last Sunday. In body camera footage, Potter can be heard yelling "Taser!" just be...

Daunte Wright's family members joined with community leaders Thursday in calling for more serious charges and a life sentence against the white former police officer who fatally shot him, comparing her case to the murder charge brought against a black officer who killed a white woman in nearby Minneapolis. Former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter was charged with second-degree manslaughter in Sunday's shooting of Wright, a 20-year-old black man, during a traffic stop.   Wright's family members and protesters who have confronted police all week since his death say there's no excuse f...

By Morgan Gstalter - 04/16/21 07:55 AM EDT   The family of Daunte Wright is demanding more severe charges against the former police officer who fatally shot the Black 20-year-old during a traffic stop in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center.  “Unfortunately, there’s never going to be justice for us,” Wright’s mother, Katie Wright, said during a press conference on Thursday. "The justice would 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 almost 2-year-old son...

Daunte Wright’s Alabama aunt: ‘Can we get a conviction?’ Updated 8:10 AM; Today 8:10 AM Naisha Wright, aunt of the deceased Daunte Wright, holds up images depicting X26P Taser and a Glock 17 handgun during a news conference at New Salem Missionary Baptist Church, Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)AP Facebook Share By Randy Furst, Reid Forgrave and Matt McKinney Star Tribune (TNS) and Tribune Media Services Former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter made her first court appearance Thursday in the killing of Daunte Wrig...