The family of a US Black man shot dead by a police officer joined with community leaders today in calling for more serious charges against the white officer, comparing her case to the murder charge brought against a Black officer who killed white Australian woman Justine Damond in nearby Minneapolis.
Former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter was charged with second-degree manslaughter in Sunday's shooting of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop.
The former police chief in Brooklyn Center, a majority non-white suburb, said Potter mistakenly fired her handgun when she meant to use her Taser. Both the chief and Potter resigned Tuesday.