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Dec 24, 2021 · During a Tuesday interview with Yahoo News, Wright family attorney Benjamin Crump compared Potter's case to that of Black ex-Officer Mohamed Noor, who was convicted in 2019 of third-degree murder ...
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Wright’s fatal police encounter began as a routine Sunday afternoon traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb. Potter and the officer she was training pulled Wright’s car over for an air freshener hanging from his car's rearview mirror and for expired license plate tabs. A third officer also arrived on the scene. Running a background check, they found W...
A basic question sat at the center of Potter’s manslaughter charges: Was her conduct reckless and negligent in killing Wright? The most serious charge against Potter required prosecutors to prove recklessness. The second-degree manslaughter charge alleged Potter, a 26-year police veteran, acted with culpable negligence when she fired into Wright’s ...
Potter’s attorneys had signaled throughout the trial that their client would testify in her own defense. On Friday, a week and a half of testimony concluded in dramatic fashion when Potter took the stand. Answering questions from lead defense attorney Earl Gray, Potter said she feared for the safety of her colleague — Sgt. Mychal Johnson — who was ...
News of the verdicts brought a range of responses Thursday from elation to relief to sadness. “Oh my gosh. The moment we heard guilty on manslaughter one, emotions. Every single emotion that you can imagine just running through your body at that moment,” said Katie Bryant, Daunte Wright’s mother. “I kind of let out a yelp because it was built up in...
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Dec 23, 2021 · Kim Potter appears in new mugshot smiling after her conviction. Hours after jurors in Hennepin County, Minnesota, convicted former police officer Kimberly Ann Potter, 49, for shooting and killing Daunte Wright, 20, Potter’s new jail booking photo has been released. The former Brooklyn Center police officer on Thursday was found guilty of both ...
Former Minnesota officer Kimberly Potter has been released from prison after serving 16 months of a two-year sentence in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, whom she shot after mistaking her gun ...
Apr 13, 2021 · The fatal shooting of a 20-year-old Black man named Daunte Wright by a White police officer outside Minneapolis has prompted protests and clashes with law enforcement. This is what we know about ...
Dec 23, 2021 · In this screen grab from police body camera footage shown in court in the trial of Kim Potter, the Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer reacts after the April 11 traffic stop in which Daunte ...
Dec 23, 2021 · A Minneapolis jury on Thursday convicted former police officer Kim Potter on all charges she faced for fatally shooting Black motorist Daunte Wright this year — with a gun, not her Taser. Potter ...
