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On April 13, 2021, the white Minnesota police officer who fatally shot a 20-year-old Black man named Daunte Wright during a traffic stop two days earlier resigned from law enforcement.
Meanwhile, rumors about her policing career in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center spread rapidly online, including a claim that she once directed colleagues to deactivate their body-worn cameras shortly after they shot and killed a 21-year-old man in 2019.
Among sources of that allegation and others was Ben Crump, a civil rights attorney who is representing Wright’s relatives and other several other families alleging wrongful use of force by police against Black Americans, including the kin of George Floyd. Hours before the officer in Wright’s case resigned, Crump posted on his social media channels:
Washington County attorney says charges likely Wednesday in Wright shooting Pete Orput said Tuesday that he s spent hours reviewing video and other evidence. April 13, 2021 12:49pm Text size Copy shortlink:
The shooting of Daunte Wright could lead to criminal charges against former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter as soon as Wednesday, according to the county attorney handling the case.
Washington County Attorney Pete Orput said Tuesday that he s spent hours reviewing video and other evidence of the shooting and expects to file something he didn t clarify what the charges would be by Wednesday. We ve already done a great deal of research, Orput said, adding that prosecutor Imran Ali has been working on the case as well.
MINNEAPOLIS â The shooting of Daunte Wright could lead to criminal charges against former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kimberly Potter as soon as Wednesday, according to the county attorney handling the case.
Washington County Attorney Pete Orput said Tuesday that he s spent hours reviewing video and other evidence of the shooting and expects to file something â he didn t clarify what the charges would be â by Wednesday. We ve already done a great deal of research, Orput said, adding that prosecutor Imran Ali has been working on the case as well.
It would be just the second time a U.S. police officer faces criminal charges for fatally shooting someone with a service weapon in an apparent mix-up with their Taser.