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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.
Former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter will be charged with second-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Daunte Wright. Washington County Attorney Pete Orput relayed the charges to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune Wednesday morning, three days after Wright was shot during a traffic stop. While Wright’s death occurred in Hennepin County, it was referred to nearby Washington County to avoid a conflict of interest in the.
House Rep. Cori Bush says white cop who shot dead 20-year-old Daunte Wright would ve known the difference between her Taser and gun if he wasn t a black boy after fellow squad members Rashida Tlaib and AOC call for police to be abolished
Cori Bush slammed claim more training would have prevented Sunday s fatal shooting of Daunte Wright
Bush, Democratic congresswoman from St. Louis, scoffed at claim that cop mistook her gun for a Taser Squad members AOC and Rashida Tlaib have also spoken out, saying police should be abolished
Cop Kimberly Potter is said to have confused her gun for a taser when she shot at Daunte Wright Sunday
Officer Kim Potter & Police Chief Tim Gannon with Brooklyn Center Police Dept resign in shooting death of Daunte Wright Minneapolis black man.
Officer Kim Potter & Police Chief Tim Gannon with Brooklyn Center Police Dept resign in shooting death of Daunte Wright Minneapolis black man.
Officer Kim Potter & Police Chief Tim Gannon with Brooklyn Center Police Dept resign as the 26 year female veteran cop to face charges. History of obscuring accountability.
The veteran female police officer who fatally shot a 20-year-old black man during a traffic stop in
Minneapolis after allegedly confusing her gun for a taser over the weekend, faces charges as early as tomorrow after she and her police chief boss both resigned from the force on Tuesday.