kim potter – The Philadelphia Observer https://philadelphiaobserver.com Just another WordPress site Thu, 12 May 2022 16:44:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Mother of Daunte Wright Grabbed and Confronted By Cop While Filming a Traffic Stop https://philadelphiaobserver.com/mother-of-daunte-wright-grabbed-and-confronted-by-cop-while-filming-a-traffic-stop/ Thu, 12 May 2022 16:44:01 +0000 https://philadelphiaobserver.com/?p=3788

The mother of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, who was shot and killed during a traffic stop in April 2021, was grabbed by the wrist this week by an officer of the same Brooklyn Center police department that killed her son.

According to CNNKatie Wright told the press that she observed a heavy police presence and a young person being detained when she stopped on the side of the road to film the interaction.

“All I was doing was my civic duty to pull over and make sure that those babies got home safe to their families because I don’t want what happened to me to happen to any other families,” Wright said during a press conference on Thursday.

Daunte Wright was shot and killed by former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter, who claimed she accidentally fired her gun instead of her taser. She was sentenced to two years in a Minnesota prison.

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Kim Potter, the officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, resigned Tuesday along with police chief Tim Gannon. Image: Twitter/@Common

CNN notes that Katie Wright shared the interaction on Facebook where a person was being arrested. An officer is heard saying to Wright, “she’s getting a ticket,” as another officer says, “Nah, don’t worry about it. Come on!”

The officer then crosses multiple lanes of traffic to confront Wright.

“You’re going to give me your driver’s license, or I’m going to take you to jail for obstruction,” the officer says to Wright, who is sitting in her car filming the officer.

She then says, “You know who I am, right?”

“You guys killed my son, and I’m gonna videotape it,” she says and points in the direction of the traffic stop. “And if you take me to jail, I’m going to sue you.” She also tells the officer not to touch her again.

Source: Mother of Daunte Wright Grabbed and Confronted By Cop While Filming a Traffic Stop

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Mostly White Jury Chosen for Kim Potter Trial in the Death of Daunte Wright https://philadelphiaobserver.com/mostly-white-jury-chosen-for-kim-potter-trial-in-the-death-of-daunte-wright/ Fri, 10 Dec 2021 19:50:17 +0000 https://philadelphiaobserver.com/?p=3162

A mostly white jury has been chosen in the trial of former Minnesota Officer Kim Potter over the shooting death of Daunte Wright. Although split evenly by gender, nine jurors are white, two are Asian and only one is Black, all ranging in age from their 20s to 60s.

According to USA Today, the jurors had to answer a questionnaire before being chosen. All the jurors answered that they knew of the case because of media coverage and many said that they had already seen the body camera footage. Five jurors said they had a negative view of both Potter and Wright.

 

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Daunte Wright was fatally shot and killed during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb after Potter says she mistakenly used her gun instead of her taser on April 11. Potter resigned two days after the shooting. She was charged with first and second degree manslaughter.

According to NBC News, Minnesota’s sentencing guidelines call for minimums of over seven years for first-degree manslaughter and four years for second degree manslaughter, but prosecutors said they’re looking for heftier sentences.

The defense used all five of their peremptory challenges, which means they can dismiss a juror without reason, and the state used all of three of theirs.

From NBC:

The defense on Thursday used one of its peremptory challenges to dismiss a first-year law student who has made comments on social media about cases in which police officers have been convicted. Such challenges cannot be made solely because of a person’s race, ethnicity or gender, and prosecutor Matthew Frank objected to the dismissal of the law student, an Asian woman.

Judge Regina Chu dismissed Frank’s objection, ruling there was no evidence that the defense strike was based on race or gender.

One of the jurors seated the first day was recalled for questioning Thursday after Chu said he had expressed concerns that his identity was revealed when he was first questioned. The jury is anonymous by order of the judge. The man remained on the jury after he told Chu he was willing to continue serving.

Source: Mostly White Jury Chosen for Kim Potter Trial in the Death of Daunte Wright

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