The City of Brooklyn Center has agreed to pay a $3.25 million settlement to the family of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man fatally shot by a white police officer during a traffic stop, it was announced Tuesday.
Driving the news: The family filed a wrongful death lawsuit following the April 2021 shooting near Minneapolis by former police officer Kim Potter, who's serving a two-year prison sentence after being convicted of manslaughter.
Yes, but: "The settlement will not be finalized until an agreement is also reached on substantial and meaningful non-monetary relief," attorneys for Wright's family said in a statement to news outlets.
What to watch: "The legal team anticipates that relief will include training for the city's police department on officer intervention, implicit bias, weapons confusion, de-escalation and mental health crises," according to the attorneys' statement.
The big picture: Last December, Potter was found guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter. Her attorney argued the veteran officer inadvertently pulled out her gun instead of a Taser after Wright tried to flee the encounter.
What they're saying: "Nothing can explain or fill the emptiness in our lives without Daunte or our continued grief at the senseless way he died," said Wright's parents, Katie and Arbuey Wright, in a statement via their attorneys to news outlets.
- "But in his name, we will move forward, and it was important to us that his loss be used for positive change in the community, not just for a financial settlement for our family," they added.
Editor's note: This article has been updated with new details throughout.
