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US city to pay $3.2m in police killing of Daunte Wright

The tentative settlement also includes changes to police policies and training officers in traffic stops.

Al Jazeera · Jun 22, 2022

Brooklyn Center to pay Daunte Wright's family $3.25 million to settle wrongful death lawsuit

Former police officer Kim Potter is serving a 2-year prison sentence for his killing.

Axios · Jun 22, 2022

Mother of Daunte Wright says she was injured after police detained her for filming traffic stop

Brooklyn Center Police release bodycam footage from traffic stop

The Independent UK · May 6, 2022

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Daunte Wright's mother detained after recording traffic stop

The mother of Daunte Wright, who was fatally shot by a suburban Minneapolis police officer, says was injured while she was briefly detained by one of the same department’s officers after she stopped to record an arrest of a person during a traffic stop

The Independent UK · May 6, 2022

A year after Daunte Wright’s killing, his family continues fight for justice

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.

Tribune News Service · Apr 12, 2022

Daunte Wright: backlash over plan to move police killing victim’s memorial

‘If they want to not have memorials on their street corners they need to stop murdering our loved ones on street corners’ says Wright’s mother

The Guardian - US · Mar 14, 2022

Editorial: Taking positive steps after Potter sentencing

Assuming good behavior, Kimberly Potter could be out of prison in 13 months. And does anyone expect anything but good behavior from the former Brooklyn Center police officer?

Tribune News Service · Feb 24, 2022

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Wright family and friends disappointed, upset at Potter sentence

MINNEAPOLIS — Cries and angry shouts rose up from a crowd of Daunte Wright supporters outside the Hennepin County District Court moments after a judge on Friday handed down a two-year sentence to former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly A. Potter.

Tribune News Service · Feb 19, 2022

Former Minnesota cop Kimberly Potter sentenced below guidelines to 2 years for killing Daunte Wright

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kimberly Potter was sentenced Friday to a two-year term, lower than suggested by state guidelines, for fatally shooting Daunte Wright during a traffic stop last spring.

Tribune News Service · Feb 19, 2022

Legal community sees unequal treatment and mercy in Potter's sentence

MINNEAPOLIS — To some lawyers, the 24-month sentence for former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter in the shooting death of Daunte Wright showed once again how the U.S. judicial system treats white defendants differently than Black ones, while others say it was reasoned and merciful.

Tribune News Service · Feb 18, 2022

Former Minnesota cop Kimberly Potter sentenced to 2 years for killing Daunte Wright

Tribune News Service · Feb 18, 2022

Odds for successful appeal appear slim for Kimberly Potter

MINNEAPOLIS — Experienced attorneys say former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter faces a slim chance of prevailing in a likely appeal of last month's manslaughter convictions in the shooting death of Daunte Wright.

Tribune News Service · Jan 17, 2022

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