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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
Manslaughter charge for Minnesota cop who shot Black 20-year-old
Potter, a 26-year police veteran who resigned after Wright s death, faces a maximum of 10 years in jail if convicted of second-degree manslaughter.
By Ben Sheppard with Chris Lefkow in Washington
April 15, 2021 04:54 BST
The police officer who shot dead Black 20-year-old Daunte Wright in a Minneapolis suburb after appearing to mistake her gun for her Taser was arrested Wednesday on manslaughter charges.
Minneapolis has been roiled by nightly violent protests after Kim Potter, who is white, opened fire on Wright in his car on Sunday.
A memorial to George Floyd outside the store where he died on May 25, 2020 Photo: AFP / CHANDAN KHANNA
April 15, 2021 / 7:12 AM / CBS NEWS Ex-officer who killed Daunte Wright charged
Protesters clashed with law enforcement in front of police headquarters in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota for a fourth straight night Wednesday in the wake of Sunday s killing of 20-year-old Black man Daunte Wright. The White former officer who shot him during a traffic stop was charged with second-degree manslaughter Wednesday.
Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran, was arrested, then released from jail a few hours later after posting $100,000 bond.
Authorities said deputies, troopers and officers were shot at Wednesday night with industrial-sized fireworks, spray paint, rocks, and other items. Twenty-four people were arrested. There were 40 arrests Monday night and 79 on Tuesday night.
Kim Potter, ex-Brooklyn Center police officer charged in Daunte Wright death, to appear in court Ryan W. Miller, Dennis Wagner and Eric Ferkenhoff, USA TODAY
About 60 people were arrested in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota for supporting Daunte Wright
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BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. – The former Brooklyn Center police officer charged with second-degree manslaughter in the shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright will make her first court appearance Thursday.
Kim Potter, 48, fatally shot Wright during a traffic stop Sunday. In charging documents, prosecutors said Potter s culpable negligence caused Wright s death and created an unreasonable risk when she shot him instead of using her Taser.
Daunte Wright Protesters Brandish Pig s Head on Pole Outside Brooklyn Center Police Department
On 4/15/21 at 10:37 AM EDT
Protesters gathered outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department in Minnesota on Wednesday following the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright, and one protester was seen brandishing a severed pig s head on a pole.
In a video posted to Twitter on several different accounts, the demonstrators can be seen outside the police station, which is surrounded by fences and an armored police vehicle.
One protester who is at the front of the group can be seen waving the severed pig s head above the fences while he and others yell and curse at the police officers behind the fences. Toward the end of the video, people that appear to be speaking behind the camera can be heard saying, That s a real pig head.