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Get our free mobile app Brooklyn Center, MN (KROC-AM News) - The former Brooklyn Center Police Officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright last Sunday has been charged with second-degree manslaughter. Washington County Attorney Peter Orput is handling the case to avoid any potential conflicts of interest and announced today that 48-year-old Kimberly Potter had been taken into custody by Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agents, who transported her to jail for her first court appearance on the charge. “Certain occupations carry an immense responsibility and none more so than a sworn police officer,” said Imran Ali, Washington County assistant criminal division chief and director of the Major Crime Unit. “With that responsibility comes a great deal of discretion and accountability. We will vigorously prosecute this case and intend to prove that Officer Potter abrogated her responsibility to protect the public when she used her firearm rather than her taser. Her action ca

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