Tag: Kim Potter

Ex-Cop Who Killed Daunte Wright Lays out Possible Defense

October 15, 2021
Crime and IncidentsDaunte WrightKim PotterUSUS News
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MINNEAPOLIS—A former suburban Minneapolis police officer who has said she meant to use a Taser instead of a handgun when she shot and killed Daunte Wright in April is laying out her potential defenses ahead of her November trial. Attorneys for former Brooklyn Center Officer Kim Potter said in documents made public Thursday that they…

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Postcards From the Catastrophe

April 19, 2021
Ashli BabbittDaunte WrightdeplorablesKim PotterOpinionViewpoints
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Let’s play “one of these things not like the other.” On April 11, a young Black man named Daunte Wright was accidentally shot and killed while resisting arrest in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. At first, rumors flew around that Wright had been pulled over because he had an air-freshener dangling from his rearview mirror. In fact,…

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The Abolition of Doubt

April 15, 2021
Brooklyn CenterKim PotterOpinionViewpoints
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Commentary If you were surprised by the firing of Curt Boganey, the City Manager of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, merely for saying that the police officer who shot a wanted criminal was entitled to due process, you haven’t been paying attention. Kim Potter, the officer in question, says she thought she had reached for her Taser…

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24 Arrested in 4th Night of Unrest in Minnesota City Following Police Shooting

April 15, 2021
Brooklyn CenterCrime and IncidentsDaunte WrightKim PotterUSUS News
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About two dozen people, most from outside Brooklyn Center, were arrested in the Minnesota city late Wednesday as unrest continued in the wake of a fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man. Demonstrators gathered around the Brooklyn Center Police Department and erected makeshift barricades before lobbing bricks, bottles, and other projectiles at law enforcement officers. Eventually,…

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