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Katie Wright – screenshot *(CNN) — Katie Wright, the mother of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, is calling for the firing of a Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer who she says tried to arrest her for filming a traffic stop. Daunte Wright was shot and killed by Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter in April 2021 during […]

Duante Wright, who was shot and killed by Brooklyn Center police during a traffic stop on Sunday. Courtesy Wright Family * Daunte Wright’s family attorney said they have received threats and racist messages following the death of the 20-year-old.  “There are concerns as far as safety for the family that we’re addressing,” attorney Thomas Bowers […]

* Daunte Wright’s parents are speaking out after he was fatally shot by former Minnesota police officer Kimberly Potter during a traffic stop Sunday. Potter, 48, was charged with second-degree manslaughter a day after she resigned from the Brooklyn Center Police Department. The fatal shooting of the 20-year-old set off protests in the Minneapolis suburb. […]

Daunte Wright arrest – Bodycam screenshot *At a press conference in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota today police released footage from the body-worn camera of the officer who fatally shot a 20-year-old Black man, and the police chief said he believed the officer intended to fire a Taser during the incident. Wait. What? Here we go […]

Alayna Albrecht-Payton testifies in the trial of Kim Potter, Brooklyn Center, Minn, Dec. 9, 2021 (KARE, YouTube) *Alayna Albrecht-Payton had only been dating Daunte Wright for a few weeks and not made their relationship “official” when he was fatally shot by police during a traffic stop. The 20-year-old gave tearful testimony Thursday at the trial […]

*(Via Insider) –  April 11, 20-year-old Daunte Wright was driving down a street in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. As many of us made sure to do at his age, he had an air-freshener hanging from his rear-view mirror. But in Minnesota, it’s illegal to have items dangling from your rear-view mirror, and so, according to Daunte’s […]

Kim Potter – Daunte Wright *An outcome has been reached in the trial of Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop.  Potter, 49, was later charged with first-degree and second-degree manslaughter.  On Thursday, a Minneapolis jury found her guilty on all charges. We previously reported, Potter, […]

  *Ex-police officer Kim Potter, who was convicted of manslaughter in December for shooting and killing Daunte Wright in the Minneapolis area, has been sentenced to two years, 16 months of which will be served in prison. The remaining eight months will be on supervised release. Judge Regina Chu said that this was the case […]

[…] miles away from where George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis last May. The victim was identified by relatives and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as 20-Year-Old Daunte Wright. Walz said on Twitter Sunday evening; “Gwen and I are praying for Daunte Wright’s family as our state mourns another life of a Black man taken […]

Daunte Wright *The mother of a shooting victim who became paralyzed in 2019 is now suing the estate of Daunte Wright claiming he was the shooter. Two years before Daunte Wright was shot and killed during a traffic stop, a lawsuit claims that he was involving in the shooting of 16-year-old Caleb Livingston. The […]

*Rapper Cardi B has called out “blue check Republicans” over their silence on the police killing of Daunte Wright and pepper spraying of Army lieutenant Caron Nazario. “Ya been real . Twitter Blue check Republicans are a joke. I don’t ever want to see yaa ranting on celebrities, athletes until yall address what’s REALLY WRONG […]

BROOKLYN CENTER, MN – APRIL 11: Demonstrators chant around a chalk circle that says Justice for Daunte Wright on April 11, 2021 in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Protesters took to the streets today after 20 year old Daunte Wright was shot and killed during a traffic stop by members of the Brooklyn Center police. (Photo by […]

Kimberly Potter (Linkedin) *Earlier today it was reported that Kimberly Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who who fatally shot Daunte Wright after mistakenly drawing her gun instead of her taser, would be charged with second-degree manslaughter. Now we can report that she has been officially arrested. “Agents with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension […]

Kim Potter – Daunte Wright *It’s reported that the manslaughter case for Kim Potter, 48, the ex-officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota who murdered Daunte Wright, 20, is headed to trial before the end of this year in December. As we previously shared, Potter is facing a second-degree manslaughter charge for the fatal shooting of the […]

Kim Potter – Daunte Wright *The prosecutors who led and secured Derek Chauvin’s murder conviction will also cover the case against Kim Potter, the former police officer who killed Daunte Wright. In a statement released by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, he confirmed that he will be taking over the prosection of the former Brooklyn […]