Then-Officer Kim Potter is seen in Brooklyn Center, Minn., in 2007. (Bruce Bisping/Star Tribune via AP)
STILLWATER, Minn. (CN) The former Minnesota police officer who shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright, sparking more protests and law-enforcement crackdowns in the already tense Twin Cities metro, will be charged with second-degree manslaughter, prosecutors said Wednesday.
The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. The former Brooklyn Center officer, Kimberly Potter, has been arrested by the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, which handles officer-misconduct cases in Minnesota.
Washington County Attorney Pete Orput told local press about the charge against Potter, who resigned from the police department Tuesday, late Wednesday morning. Orput’s office is handling the case as part of an agreement between several Twin Cities metro county attorneys to prosecute each other’s police-killing cases to avoid the appearance of conflicts o
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Two years ago, Jeffrey Scott left a 25-year career in financial services to open a gym on Minneapolis North Side, where he went to high school.
Now, after a second state-ordered shutdown of fitness centers to fight coronavirus, Scott s gym is facing grim prospects. It s once again devolving to the point where I honestly don t know whether we ll survive it, he said.
With Minnesota s 800 gyms closed at least through next week and Gov. Tim Walz expected on Monday to say whether they will stay closed into January many other fitness club owners and operators fear long-term damage.
When the coronavirus arrived this spring, Walz ordered businesses that draw large groups of people, like restaurants and fitness centers, to close from mid-March through early June. As virus cases surged last month, Walz on Nov. 18 ordered another closure for at least four weeks.