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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.
Feb 18, 2022 · Former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer Kim Potter apologized to the family of Daunte Wright, the 20-year-old man she fatally shot on April 21, 2021, before being sentenced in...
Dec 23, 2021 · A decision has been reached in the trial of Kim Potter, the former police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April after seeming to mistake her gun for her Taser,...
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.
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...
Dec 24, 2021 · The family of Daunte Wright celebrate a guilty verdict for Kim Potter outside of the Hennepin County Government Center on Thursday, December 23, 2021, in Minneapolis. Potter, who is white, was found guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter in the shooting of Daunte Wright, a Black motorist, in the suburb of Brooklyn Center.
Feb 18, 2022 · The former police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday, far less than the standard of about seven years for manslaughter,...
