MINNEAPOLIS — As Katie Wright prepared to celebrate the life of her son killed by a Brooklyn Center police officer, she stopped to reflect on how much she has changed since that deadly traffic stop last year.
"You go from mother to warrior. I literally feel like Xena," she said, referencing the warrior princess in the hit fantasy TV series. "I wasn't an activist prior to this — I'm a retail manager. … But when your child is taken by somebody who's supposed to serve and protect, you have a fight and a fire that is burning inside of you."
Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old son, father and brother, was fatally shot by then-officer Kimberly Potter on April 11, 2021. The shooting sparked violent protests and peaceful marches, criminal charges and a widely watched trial.
