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Kimberly Potter to be charged with second degree manslaughter for fatally shooting Daunte Wright
The former Minnesota police officer who was captured on camera fatally shooting Daunte Wright during a traffic stop will face charges.

Kimberly Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who was captured on camera fatally shooting Daunte Wright during a traffic stop will face charges in Wright’s death, reports NBC News.
Brooklyn Center officer Kimberly Potter charged
Potter, a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, 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 County Medical Examiner’s Office, which classified the manner of death as a homicide.
Kimberly Potter and Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon resigned Tuesday in the wake of Wright’s death, which occurred just 14 miles north of where George Floyd was killed last year.
The day before he resigned, Gannon told reporters that he believed the officer meant to draw a Taser but “drew their handgun instead of their Taser.
Why she’s being charged
Wright was stopped over what police said was an expired tag on April 11. During the stop, an officer drew her weapon and yelled “Taser!” as she fatally shot him.
The shooting took place ten miles from where the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, accused of killing George Floyd, was held in Minneapolis.
Wright’s killing sparked nights of protests in Brooklyn Center and reignited conversations about policing and the use of force.
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