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
Daunte Wright's mother was detained after recording a traffic stop Daunte Wright was fatally shot last year by a suburban Minneapolis police officer. Katie Wright says she was injured while she was briefly detained this week by one of the same department's officers. WEKU · May 6, 2022
Mother of Daunte Wright has run-in with Brooklyn Center officer MINNEAPOLIS — The mother of Daunte Wright, who was fatally shot by a Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer last year, is criticizing one of the department's officers for briefly detaining her after she stopped on the side of a highway to record an arrest during a traffic stop. Tribune News Service · May 6, 2022
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
Alternate juror in Potter trial: Despite ex-officer's mistake, verdict and sentence appropriate MINNEAPOLIS — A juror who heard the manslaughter case against Kimberly Potter said that he believed the ex-Brooklyn Center police officer made a mistake when she drew her handgun instead of her Taser and shot Daunte Wright a year ago, but he also thinks the trial's outcome was correct. Tribune News Service · Apr 29, 2022
US police have killed nearly 600 people in traffic stops since 2017, data shows Deaths continue apace this year, with Black victims disproportionately harmed, amid calls to reduce traffic encounters The Guardian - US · Apr 21, 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
Pulled over by police and want to protect yourself? There's an app for that A Minneapolis tech company that created an app where drivers can video conference attorneys during traffic stops or after a car crash has partnered with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota to make its app free to residents of the Twin Cities suburb Brooklyn Center. Tribune News Service · Apr 6, 2022
Daunte Wright memorial to stay put in Brooklyn Center The mayor of the Minneapolis suburb where Daunte Wright was killed by an officer who said she mistook her handgun for her Taser said Tuesday that a memorial to the Black motorist will stay in place The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2022
Daunte Wright’s family balks at plan to take down memorial Daunte Wright was killed after Brooklyn Centre officers pulled him for having expired licence tags and an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror The Independent UK · Mar 14, 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
Daunte Wright's family balks at plan to take down memorial 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 The Independent UK · 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
Leonard Greene: A white woman’s tears mean more than a Black victim’s mother Dead is dead. Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2022
The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2022 Wright family, activists see injustice in Potter's sentence The issue of race was barely brought up during the trial of Kim Potter
ABC News · Feb 19, 2022 Former US police officer Kim Potter sentenced to two years' jail in Daunte Wright's death Kim Potter, the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright, is sentenced to two years in prison.
Tribune News Service · Feb 19, 2022 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 18, 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.
The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2022 Family: Judge in Potter case swayed by 'white woman tears' The judge who sentenced white former Officer Kim Potter 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
Tribune News Service · Feb 18, 2022 Former Minnesota cop Kimberly Potter sentenced 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.
The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2022 Voices: The tears of Daunte Wright’s mother underscore a wretched, broken system long in need of reform Young man’s mother says modest sentence to officer Kim Potter felt like ‘system murdered him all over again’
Tribune News Service · Feb 18, 2022 Wright family and friends disappointed, upset at Potter sentence MINNEAPOLIS — Supporters and family of Daunte Wright decried the two-year prison sentence handed down Friday to Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kimberly Potter for Wright's killing.
Axios · Feb 18, 2022 Daunte Wright’s family on Potter sentencing: Justice system "murdered" him "all over again" The court "forgot about my son being killed," said Aubrey Wright, Daunte Wright's father.
The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2022 Kim Potter attorney slammed for blaming Daunte Wright for shooting as defendant apologises at sentencing ‘This was an unintentional crime. It was an accident. It was a mistake’