Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright To Be Charged With 2nd Degree Manslaughter
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Ex-officer Kim Potter to be charged with second-degree manslaughter in Daunte Wright case
The former Minnesota police officer who was captured on camera fatally shooting Daunte Wright during a traffic stop was arrested in connection with Wright's death, authorities said Wednesday.
Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, was taken into custody about 11:30 a.m. at the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in St. Paul, officials said. She will be charged with second-degree manslaughter in connection with Wright's death, Washington County Attorney Pete Orput announced.
Wright, who is Black, died of a gunshot wound to the chest, according the Hennepin...
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Kim Potter, Officer Who Killed Daunte Wright, to Be Charged With Second-Degree Manslaughter
The former officer who killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright was taken into custody and will be charged with second-degree manslaughter, a day after she resigned from the Brooklyn Center police department.
In an email, Washington County Attorney Pete Orput confirmed plans to charge former officer Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran of the police force. He said the charges would be filed later Wednesday.
The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison under Minnesota law.
State officials said Ms. Potter would be booked into Hennepin County Jail. She was...
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Daunte Wright shooting: Ex-Minnesota police officer Kim Potter to be charged with second-degree manslaughter
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.
The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, according to The Associated Press. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, KSTP...
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