Daunte Wright

A look at some cases involving Black rights that Court TV has covered, as well as some of the legal stories that shaped Black History. More

January 15, 2023

Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao. They're charged with aiding and abetting both murder and manslaughter. More

October 24, 2022

MINNEAPOLIS (Court TV) — The mother of Daunte Wright’s son has filed a lawsuit against multiple individuals over funds from a donation campaign. Chyna Whitaker filed the lawsuit Monday against Wright’s parents, Katie Bryant and Arbuey Wright, and prominent attorney Ben Crump and his law firm.   Wright was killed April 11, 2021, by former […] More

October 4, 2022

The woman who was in Daunte Wright’s vehicle when he was fatally shot by police in a Minneapolis suburb is suing the city and the former officer who killed him. The lawsuit says passenger Alayna Albrecht-Payton, 21, was physically injured when Wright's vehicle crashed into another SUV after Kim Potter shot him. More

August 2, 2022

The tentative settlement also includes changes in police policies and training involving traffic stops like the one that resulted in Wright's death, according to a statement Tuesday night from attorneys representing Wright's family. More

June 22, 2022

Katie Wright said Thursday she was worried about what the Brooklyn Center officers might do to the person being handcuffed when she pulled over on Wednesday night. More

May 6, 2022

Plans to take down a memorial at the suburban Minneapolis intersection where Daunte Wright was fatally shot by a police officer are on hold after his family complained. More

March 14, 2022

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The judge who sentenced white former Officer Kim Potter on Friday to two years in prison for killing Black motorist Daunte Wright cited the difficult job that police face — and Potter’s remorse — as justification for giving her a light sentence.    Hennepin County District […] More

February 18, 2022

The former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright was sentenced Friday to two years in prison. More

February 18, 2022

The suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright will be sentenced Friday for manslaughter. More

February 17, 2022

Minnesota prosecutors have apparently backed away from their pursuit of a longer-than-usual sentence for the suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black motorist. More

February 16, 2022

MINNEAPOLIS (Court TV) — The former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her gun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright will be sentenced Friday on two counts of manslaughter.   >>>WATCH MN v. KIM POTTER (2021) ON DEMAND<<< Prosecutors say the appropriate sentence for Kim Potter is seven years, a presumptive […] More

February 15, 2022

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright should face a sentence above the state’s guidelines because she abused her authority as a police officer and endangered others when she fired her weapon, […] More

January 31, 2022

“I don't want to speak for all the jurors, but I think we believed she was a good person and even believed she was a good cop,” the juror said. More

December 30, 2021

The most serious charge against Kim Potter — first-degree manslaughter — carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. More

December 27, 2021

Former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter is on trial for the shooting death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright. More

December 22, 2021

Jurors weighing the case of the suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright asked the judge after a full day of deliberations Tuesday what they should do if they can't reach a verdict. More

December 21, 2021

Kim Potter, a former police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, is charged with manslaughter in the April 11 shooting death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, a Black motorist. Here are some key moments in the case: More

December 20, 2021

A white suburban Minneapolis police officer charged with manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright, a Black man, said she meant to use her Taser to try to stop him from fleeing during an attempted arrest but accidentally grabbed her gun instead. More

December 20, 2021

The suburban Minneapolis police officer who says she meant to use her Taser instead of her gun when she shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright made a "blunder of epic proportions" and did not have "a license to kill," a prosecutor told jurors on Monday shortly before they began deliberating in her manslaughter trial. More

December 20, 2021

Former suburban Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter took the stand Friday at her manslaughter trial in the shooting death of Black motorist Daunte Wright. More

December 17, 2021

Prosecutors on Thursday rested their case against Kim Potter, the suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in the shooting death of Black motorist Daunte Wright,. More

December 16, 2021

Kim Potter's use of deadly force against Daunte Wright was not appropriate, a use-of-force expert testified Wednesday at the former suburban Minneapolis police officer's manslaughter trial, undercutting a defense argument that she would have been justified in shooting Wright even if she didn't mean to. More

December 15, 2021

Prosecutors nearing the end of their case have drawn on testimony from Potter’s former colleagues to portray an officer whose intended use of a Taser would have violated department policy despite her extensive training. More

December 15, 2021

The trial of a Minnesota police officer charged in the shooting death of Daunte Wright opened its second week of testimony on Monday with an assistant medical examiner. More

December 14, 2021

At ex-cop Kim Potter's manslaughter trial for fatally shooting Black motorist Daunte Wright, she says she meant to use her Taser but grabbed her handgun instead. Experts agree that such incidents are rare and probably happen fewer than once per year throughout the U.S. More

December 13, 2021

Lawyers for ex-cop on trial for killing Daunte Wright argue she made a mistake by drawing gun instead of Taser but they're also arguing she would have been justified in shooting him anyway. More

December 10, 2021

Police sergeant at the scene when Daunte Wright was shot testified he was holding Wright's right arm with both hands in an attempt to handcuff him in the moments before he was shot. More

December 10, 2021

Thursday’s testimony at Kim Potter ’s manslaughter trial began with tearful testimony from Wright’s passenger and girlfriend,. More

December 10, 2021

Albrecht-Payton answered Wright’s cellphone as his mother tried frantically to reestablish contact that she had with him right before the shooting. More

December 9, 2021