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Officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright to be charged with second-degree manslaughter: DA
Kim Potter, the white police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, will be charged with second-degree manslaughter, authorities said Wednesday.
Potter was arrested at about 11:30 a.m. local time and was booked into the Hennepin County Jail, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said.
The Washington County Attorney's Office will file the second-degree manslaughter charge later on Wednesday, the state agency said.
Potter, a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, submitted her resignation on Tuesday following Sunday's fatal shooting. Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott said Tuesday that he had not yet accepted Potter's resignation.
Potter was arrested at about 11:30 a.m. local time and was booked into the Hennepin County Jail, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said.
The Washington County Attorney's Office will file the second-degree manslaughter charge later on Wednesday, the state agency said.
Potter, a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, submitted her resignation on Tuesday following Sunday's fatal shooting. Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott said Tuesday that he had not yet accepted Potter's resignation.
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People are already rallying around her, saying her police union will have a good defense against this. I believe they do, since black lives don't matter.
However, the defense is going to have to prove that Mr. Wright's dead was not caused by Ms. Potter's recklessness and carelessness. That will be a tough act the climb.
