Kim Potter found guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright's death after 'mistake' claim
Kim Potter found guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright's death after 'mistake' claim
Kim Potter, a former Minnesota police officer, has been found guilty in the April shooting death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man.
By Ja'han Jones
Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter has been found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man she fatally shot during a traffic stop in April.
Potter, a white woman, claimed she mistakenly discharged her firearm instead of her stun gun while attempting to arrest Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. The incident occurred just days before a Minnesota jury convicted former police officer Derek Chauvin of murdering George Floyd.
Brooklyn Center police said they stopped Wright over expired car registration tags and because he had an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror, a violation of Minnesota law. Officers attempted to arrest Wright after discovering a "gross misdemeanor warrant" for his arrest had been issued.
Potter said she meant to shoot Wright with her Taser after he broke free from the officers and re-entered his car, but she accidentally fired her gun instead. Video recorded by an officer's body camera shows Potter pointing her gun at Wright for several seconds before shooting him.
The jury didn't buy it.
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Kim Potter, a former Minnesota police officer, has been found guilty in the April shooting death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man.
By Ja'han Jones
Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter has been found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man she fatally shot during a traffic stop in April.
Potter, a white woman, claimed she mistakenly discharged her firearm instead of her stun gun while attempting to arrest Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. The incident occurred just days before a Minnesota jury convicted former police officer Derek Chauvin of murdering George Floyd.
Brooklyn Center police said they stopped Wright over expired car registration tags and because he had an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror, a violation of Minnesota law. Officers attempted to arrest Wright after discovering a "gross misdemeanor warrant" for his arrest had been issued.
Potter said she meant to shoot Wright with her Taser after he broke free from the officers and re-entered his car, but she accidentally fired her gun instead. Video recorded by an officer's body camera shows Potter pointing her gun at Wright for several seconds before shooting him.
The jury didn't buy it.
READ MORE: Kim Potter found guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright's death after 'mistake' claim https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-...
The Law was fairly carried out on both counts "GUILTY!!!"