A Minnesota police officer who accidentally shot and killed a man during a traffic stop is scheduled to be released from prison next week, FOX 9 reports. Kim Potter is expected to walk out of the Shakopee Minnesota Correctional Facility after serving 16 months behind bars. Potter, 50, shot Daunte Wright, 20, as he was …
Wright’s mother admonished the ex-cop in court for her smiling mugshot
On Thursday, jurors convicted Minnesota police officer Kim Potter of first-degree manslaughter while committing a misdemeanor and second-degree manslaughter, culpable negligence, in April’s fatal shooting of Daunte Wright. The 12 jurors reached guilty verdicts on their fourth day of deliberations. According to CNN, the jury was comprised of seven white men, four white women, two …
The trial of a former Minnesota police officer for the shooting death of an unarmed Black man during a traffic stop with emotional testimony from the young man’s mother. Ex-Brooklyn Center officer Kim Potter, 49, was charged with second degree manslaughter in the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, the father of a 3-year-old boy, as …
Brooklyn Center City Council voted to fire former police chief Tim Gannon. Kim Potter’s resignation has not yet been accepted, and she could still be fired
The officer who fatally shot a 20-year-old man during a Minnesota traffic stop is expected to face charges in connection to the death of Daunte Wright, who was killed on Sunday. As previously reported, Kim Potter handed in her resignation from the Brooklyn Center Police Department on Tuesday, two days after she fatally shot Wright. …
