Kim Potter - report

2021 fatal police shooting in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, United States

On April 11, 2021, Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old black man, was fatally shot by police officer Kimberly Potter during a traffic stop and attempted arrest for an outstanding warrant in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, United States. After a brief struggle with officers, Potter shot Wright in the chest once at close range. Wright then drove off a short distance, but his vehicle collided with another and hit a concrete barrier. Officers administered CPR, but were unable to revive him, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Potter said she meant to use her service Taser, shouting "Taser! Taser! Taser!" just before firing her service pistol instead.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Daunte_Wright

2022 2023 2024

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2021-12-23

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Kim Potter, 49, shot and killed Daunte Wright, 20, during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, back on 11 April. She said she meant to use her Taser to try to stop the 20-year-old Wright from fleeing during an April 11 traffic stop. She will now consider from the state regarding their so-called 'Blakely issues' – aggravating factors that they say speak to a need for a higher sentence.

2021-04-14