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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.
- Daunte Demetrius Wright
Feb 21, 2022 · What to Know About the Death of Daunte Wright. A police officer fatally shot Mr. Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minn., about 10 miles from where Derek Chauvin was on trial in the killing of George...
Apr 14, 2021 · The killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright by a police officer on Sunday afternoon set off three nights of protests in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center, and raised questions over the...
- Courtney Vinopal
Dec 24, 2021 · Kim Potter was found guilty today of first-degree manslaughter and second-degree manslaughter charges for fatally shooting Daunte Wright during a traffic-stop-turned-arrest on April 11, 2021....
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On Sunday afternoon, Potter and an officer she was training pulled Wright over for an expired registration tag on his car. The officers then determined during the stop that Wright had an outstanding gross misdemeanor warrant, Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said Tuesday. As the officers tried to take Wright into custody, the 20-year-old got...
Protests continued on Monday night, spreading from Brooklyn Center to Minneapolis to Portland to New York. A curfew was imposed in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis, and other parts of Minnesota on Monday night, and dozens of people were arrested, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
"I lost my son, he's never coming back," Wright's father, Aubrey Wright, told ABC News in an exclusive interviewTuesday on "Good Morning America." "I can't accept that -- a mistake, that doesn't even sound right," he added. "This officer has been on the force for 26 years. I can't accept that." Potter submitted her resignationfrom the police depart...
Potter, 48, was arrested and charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter. A second-degree manslaughter conviction in Minnesota carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. Attorneys Benjamin Crump, Jeff Storms and Antonio Romanucci, who are representing the Wright family, in a statement Wednesday claimed that the shooting "was no acciden...
Dec 23, 2021 · get the free app. By Allison Elyse Gualtieri, Clare Hymes. Updated on: December 23, 2021 / 4:13 PM EST / CBS News. A Minnesota jury has reached a guilty verdict on both charges in the case of Kim...
Dec 23, 2021 · Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who mistakenly drew her handgun instead of her Taser during a traffic stop in April in which she fatally shot Daunte Wright, has been found...
