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On April 11, 2021, Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old black American man, was fatally shot in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, by police officer Kimberly Potter during a traffic stop and attempted arrest for an outstanding warrant. After a brief struggle with officers, Potter shot Wright in the chest once at close range.
Dec 23, 2021 · The jury deliberated across four days before agreeing on guilty verdicts for Kimberly Potter, a 49-year-old white woman who testified that she had never fired her gun in her 26 years on the...
Feb 18, 2022 · Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison issued a statement Friday afternoon saying he accepts the two-year sentence that former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter received Friday...
Feb 18, 2022 · Jurors convicted the former officer, Kimberly Potter, on two counts of manslaughter in December. They found that she had acted recklessly when she fired a bullet into Mr. Wright’s chest after...
Dec 23, 2021 · A Hennepin County jury on Thursday found ex-Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter in the April 11 traffic stop killing of Daunte Wright.
Dec 23, 2021 · Jurors convicted former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter on Thursday of both manslaughter counts filed against her in the April 11 fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, making her the...
Feb 18, 2022 · Kimberly Potter, the former Brooklyn Center, Minn. police officer convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of Daunte Wright, 20, has been sentenced to 24 months — but only some of that time will be served in prison. Judge Regina M. Chu said Potter would be required to serve 16 months behind bars — that’s two-thirds of the sentence ...
