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Ex Leo who mistakenly shot criminal, to be charged with manslaughter.
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https://www.foxnews.com/us/daunte-wright-shooting-minnesota-brooklyn-center-officer-kim-potter-charge

Daunte Wright shooting: Ex-Minnesota police officer Kim Potter to be charged with second-degree manslaughter
Potter was arrested Wednesday morning by Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agents
Danielle WallaceBy Danielle Wallace | Fox News

Prosecutors expected to announce charges against former officer Kim Potter
Local prosecutors in Minnesota on Wednesday are expected to charge former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter with second-degree manslaughter in the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, as civil unrest has persisted for three consecutive nights, with demonstrations spilling into Minneapolis.

Washington County Attorney Pete Orput is expected to announce the second-degree manslaughter charge later Wednesday. Orput did not immediately return a voicemail left by Fox News on Wednesday.

Kim Potter, a former Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter for killing 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright in a shooting that ignited days of unrest and clashes between protesters and police. (Hennepin County Sheriff via AP)
The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, according to The Associated Press. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, KSTP and Minnesota Public Radio all reported Orput's expected charging announcement.

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Orput said Tuesday that he is reviewing information about the Potter case and would announce a charging decision by Wednesday, Fox 9 Minneapolis reported. While the shooting happened in Hennepin County, prosecutors referred the case to nearby Washington County — a practice county attorneys in the Minneapolis area adopted last year in handling police deadly force cases, the AP reported.

DAUNTE WRIGHT SHOOTING: BROOKLYN CENTER POLICE CHIEF, OFFICER RESIGN AFTER 2 NIGHTS OF RIOTS IN MINNESOTA

The incident happened just 10 miles from where Chauvin was seen in the viral bystander video pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck and back on the pavement in front of Cup Foods in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. The trial for Chauvin continues Wednesday.

Potter was arrested Wednesday morning for the April 11 shooting death of Wright, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA), which is investigating the incident, announced via Twitter. Agents took Potter into custody at approximately 11:30 a.m. CT at the BCA headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota.


Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott used his press conference Tuesday to call on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to transfer jurisdiction from Washington County to state Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office. Both Potter, who had worked for the Brooklyn Center Police Department for 26 years, and Police Chief Tim Gannon resigned on Tuesday.

Kim Potter is expected to be booked into Hennepin County Jail Wednesday. (KMSP)
Gannon on Monday, going against advice from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, made the decision to release body camera footage of the fatal incident. At his press conference, the chief said he believed the female officer intended to reach for her Taser, but grabbed her handgun instead, categorizing the incident as an "accidental discharge."

Police said officers pulled Wright over for expired tags, but after running his driver’s license, leaned he had a warrant for his arrest.

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Body-camera footage shows Wright struggling with police when a female officer shouts, "I’ll Tase you! I’ll Tase you! Taser! Taser! Taser!" She draws her weapon after the man breaks free from police and gets back into the car. After firing a single shot, the car speeds away, and Potter says, "Holy (expletive)! I shot him."

DAUNTE WRIGHT ACCUSED OF CHOKING, ROBBING WOMAN AT GUNPOINT; HAD ARREST WARRANT

Ben Crump, a prominent civil rights attorney representing the families of Floyd and Wright, claimed in a statement released in reaction to the charge decision that Potter shooting Wright was "no accident," as "driving while Black continues to result in a death sentence."

"While we appreciate that the district attorney is pursuing justice for Daunte, no conviction can give the Wright family their loved one back. This was no accident. This was an intentional, deliberate, and unlawful use of force.  Driving while Black continues to result in a death sentence," Crump said Wednesday in a joint statement with co-counsel Jeff Storms and Antonio Romanucci.

"A 26-year veteran of the force knows the difference between a taser and a firearm. Kim Potter executed Daunte for what amounts to no more than a minor traffic infraction and a misdemeanor warrant," the statement continued. "Daunte’s life, like George Floyd’s life, like Eric Garner’s, like Breonna Taylor’s, like David Smith’s meant something. But Kim Potter saw him as expendable. It’s past time for meaningful change in our country. We will keep fighting for justice for Daunte, for his family, and for all marginalized people of color. And we will not stop until there is meaningful policing and justice reform and until we reach our goal of true equality."

Police and demonstrators faced off for the third consecutive night Tuesday, with crowds gathering again at Brooklyn Center’s heavily guarded police headquarters, now ringed by concrete barriers and a tall metal fence, and where police in riot gear and National Guard soldiers stood watch.

About 90 minutes before a 10 p.m. curfew, state police announced over a loudspeaker that the gathering had been declared unlawful and ordered the crowds to disperse. That quickly set off confrontations, with demonstrators launching fireworks toward the station and throwing objects at police, who launched flashbangs and gas grenades, and then marched in a line to force back the crowd.


"You are hereby ordered to disperse," authorities announced, warning that anyone not leaving would be arrested. The state police said the dispersal order came before the curfew because demonstrators were trying to take down the fencing and throwing rocks at police

Police also ordered all media to leave the scene.

On Tuesday, Crump spoke outside the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis where fired police officer Derek Chauvin is on trial in Floyd’s death. Crump compared Wright’s death after resisting to that of Floyd, who was pinned down by officers during an arrest for allegedly passing a counterfeit $20 at a neighborhood market last May.

Daunte Wright "was not a threat to them," Crump said Tuesday. "Was it the best decision? No. But young people don’t always make the best decisions. As his mother said, he was scared."

According to Hennepin County District Court documents obtained by Fox News, Wright was charged with first-degree aggravated robbery in a December 2019 incident in Osseso, Minn. He was released on $100,000 bail. His bail was revoked in July because he allegedly possessed a firearm and was not keeping in touch with his probation officer.

Wright died of a gunshot wound to the chest, according to the medical examiner.

Potter reportedly was training a new officer in the field Sunday at the time of the incident. She became president of the Brooklyn Center Police Officer's Association in 2019. In her one-paragraph letter of resignation, Potter said, "I have loved every minute of being a police officer and serving this community to the best of my ability, but I believe it is in the best interest of the community, the department, and my fellow officers if I resign immediately."


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Police in the Minneapolis suburb of Champlin have also erected concrete barriers around Potter’s home.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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  Yes, she is charged with 2nd degree manslaughter;

  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-officer-kim-potter-be-charged-2nd-degree-manslaughter-daunte-n1264025

  That, along with police dept defunding, as well as having to work daily, with a Sword of Damocles ' hanging over their head, ought to bring police job applications flowing in!  ..Yeah, sure...

   Looks like certain cities are trying to become a 'killer capital' !  Let's hope they enjoy a great increase in daily crimes also !
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While unfortunate, Kimberly done shot Dante. She got all wound up, and quit thinking.

She's is getting off pretty easy with 2nd Degree Manslaughter. Likely probation, and maybe a little county jail time in a secured section.
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Ya know. I really feel sorry for these criminals...

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Ya know. I really feel sorry for these criminals...


YEAH, me too, makes too much sense to obey the law and be expected to do what the cop says. I'm really fed up with these butthurt pantywetter liberals, judges, mayors, police chiefs, gov, etc. The punk had a warrant on him, all he had to do was OBEY, be cuffed, go to jail and LIVE. But now it's the COPS FAULT he missed supper?? His choice.  He died a punks death. I wonder how many $ millions his family will get?? CHARLIE.  >:( >:( >:( >:(
Mr. Charles Glenn “Charlie” Nelson, age 73, of Payneville, KY passed away Thursday, October 14, 2021 at his residence. RIP Charlie, we'll will all miss you. GB

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