Kim Potter, a Brooklyn Center officer for 26 years, was put on administrative leave after she shot Wright on Sunday afternoon, April 11. Pressure has been growing for officials to terminate Potter.
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Note: This article has been corrected. BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. A white police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb resigned Tuesday, as did the city s police chief moves that the mayor said he hoped would help heal the community and lead to reconciliation after two nights of protests and unrest. But police and protesters faced off once again after nightfall Tuesday, with hundreds of protesters gathering again at Brooklyn Center’s heavily guarded police headquarters, now ringed by concrete barriers and a tall metal fence, and where police in riot gear and National Guard soldiers stood watch. “Murderapolis” was scrawled with black spray paint on a concrete barrier.
Daunte Wright shooting charges: Second-degree manslaughter
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Former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota police officer Kimberly Potter is charged with second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, Washington County Attorney Pete Orput confirmed Wednesday morning.
Charging decisions were passed on to the Washington County Attorney’s Office, an outside agency, to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.
However, Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott is calling for the governor to hand the case over to Attorney General Keith Ellison for prosecution. Currently, there is no mechanism for the Attorney General to just step in and prosecute.
John Stiles, a spokesperson for Attorney General Keith Ellison, told FOX 9 he has complete confidence in Washington County Attorney Pete Orput s review of the case.