Video dominates as trial starts in Daunte Wright killing
Prosecutors building their case against a former police officer who killed Daunte Wright repeatedly played body-camera video of the fatal shooting. More
December 9, 2021
Daunte Wright
Daunte Wright was killed on April 11, 2021, after he was pulled over for having expired license tags and an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror.
Prosecutor: Potter ‘failed’ Wright; defense calls it mistake
Ex-cop who said she mistakenly drew gun instead of Taser when fatally shot Daunte Wright went on trial on manslaughter - prosecutor saying Kim Potter was trained how to avoid deadly mix-ups. More
December 8, 2021
Defense attorney: All Daunte Wright had to do was surrender
Police had reason to believe Daunte Wright might have a gun when they tried to arrest him on an outstanding warrant - a defense attorney told jurors at the trial of ex-cop Kim Potter. More
December 8, 2021
Prosecutor: Potter ‘betrayed badge’ in killing Daunte Wright
“This is exactly what she had been trained for years to prevent,” prosecutor Erin Eldridge said. “But on April 11, she betrayed her badge and she failed Daunte Wright.” More
December 8, 2021
With jury set, Potter trial turns to opening statements
Jurors will be presented with starkly different views of the Minnesota police officer who killed Daunte Wright during opening statements. More
December 8, 2021
Shadow of Floyd, Chauvin case hangs over Kim Potter’s trial
It’s former Officer Kim Potter who’s on trial for the killing of Daunte Wright, but the trial in the same courtroom earlier this year of ex-cop Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd is casting a shadow over the proceedings. More
December 7, 2021
Jury to hear opening statements in Potter case this week
Opening statements loom this week for a former Minnesota police officer who said she drew her handgun by mistake when she fatally shot Daunte Wright. More
December 6, 2021
EXPLAINER: Who are the jurors for trial of Kim Potter?
A look at the jurors who will hear testimony in the manslaughter trial of former suburban Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter - charged in the April shooting death of Daunte Wright. More
December 3, 2021
Mostly white jury seated for trial in Daunte Wright’s death
A mostly white jury was seated in the manslaughter trial for Kim Potter, who is charged with shooting and killing Daunte Wright. More
December 3, 2021
Jury nearly complete for Potter trial in Daunte Wright death
Jury for trial of suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in Daunte Wright's shooting death neared completion Thursday with two alternates needed ahead of opening statements next week. More
December 2, 2021
8th juror seated for Potter trial in Daunte Wright’s death
Kim Potter, 49, is charged with first- and second-degree manslaughter in the April 11 shooting of Duante Wright. More
December 1, 2021
Attorney: Potter will testify at trial; 4 jurors seated
Four jurors were seated in a process that may take as much as a week or more. Opening statements are Dec. 8. More
November 30, 2021
Potential jurors in Potter trial quizzed on police, protests
Attorneys asked potential jurors in Kim Potter's manslaughter trial about their attitudes on policing and the Black Lives Matter movement. More
November 30, 2021
Key moments in the police shooting of Daunte Wright
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
November 30, 2021
Jurors at trial in Daunte Wright slaying go under microscope
The prospective jurors in former Brooklyn Center Officer Kim Potter’s manslaughter trial have already responded to questionnaires similar to those used this year in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial for the killing of George Floyd. More
November 30, 2021
Trial for veteran ex-cop who pulled gun instead of Taser
MINNEAPOLIS (Court TV) — Former veteran police officer Kim Potter is charged with first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop.Jury selection begins Tuesday in Hennepin County Court, the same courthouse where Derek Chauvin was convicted of George Floyd's murder several months earlier. More
November 29, 2021
Judge allows cameras at trial of ex-cop who killed Duante Wright
A judge said live video coverage will be allowed as former police officer Kim Potter stands trial in the death of Daunte Wright. More
November 9, 2021
Media makes fresh plea for access to ex-cop Potter’s trial
News organizations made a fresh plea to judge overseeing case of former police officer Kim Potter charged in death of Daunte Wright asking her to allow live video coverage of the trial. More
November 1, 2021
Stiffest charge stands for ex-cop who killed Daunte Wright
A Minnesota judge has denied a defense request to dismiss the most serious charge against a former suburban Minneapolis police officer accused of fatally shooting Daunte Wright. More
October 28, 2021
Ex-cop who killed Daunte Wright lays out possible defense
Former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter said she meant to use a Taser when she shot and killed Daunte Wright. More
October 14, 2021
Ex-officer faces more serious charge in Daunte Wright death
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota prosecutors filed a more serious charge Thursday against the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, but it is not the murder charge that activists were seeking. Former Brooklyn Center officer Kim Potter is now charged with first-degree manslaughter, in addition to […] More
September 3, 2021
Minnesota AG’s office to prosecute case in Wright’s death
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Friday that his office will lead the prosecution of a former suburban police officer who is charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright. More
May 24, 2021
Officer charged in Daunte Wright death to stand trial this year
A Minnesota judge ruled Monday that the manslaughter case can proceed against a former suburban Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright. More
May 18, 2021
Daunte Wright to be eulogized at Minneapolis funeral
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Just days after guilty verdicts were handed down for the former Minneapolis police officer whose killing of George Floyd set off nationwide protests and a reckoning over racism, the family of another Black man killed by police, this time in a nearby suburb, is preparing for his Thursday funeral. Hundreds of people turned […] More
April 22, 2021
Wright family demands more severe charges for Minn. ex-cop
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Daunte Wright’s family joined community leaders in demanding more severe charges against the white former police officer who fatally shot the young Black man in a Minneapolis suburb, where hundreds of protesters again filled the streets in front of the police station. The protesters — shouting obscenities, shaking the […] More
April 16, 2021
Ex-Minnesota cop faces hearing in shooting of Daunte Wright
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A white former police officer faced her first court appearance Thursday in the traffic-stop shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright that has engulfed a small Minneapolis suburb in four straight days of bitter conflict between protesters and police. Kim Potter, who quit her job on the Brooklyn Center force two days after […] More
April 15, 2021
Former Minnesota cop charged in shooting of Daunte Wright
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A white former suburban Minneapolis police officer was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter for killing 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright in a shooting that ignited days of unrest and clashes between protesters and police. The charge against former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter was filed three days after Wright was killed […] More
April 14, 2021
Minnesota police chief, cop quit after Daunte Wright’s death
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A white Minnesota police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb and the city’s chief of police resigned Tuesday, moves that the mayor said he hoped would help heal the community and lead to reconciliation after two nights of protests and unrest. […] More
April 13, 2021