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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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

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.

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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

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

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

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

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

Leonard Greene: A white woman’s tears mean more than a Black victim’s mother

Dead is dead.

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Wright family, activists see injustice in Potter's sentence

The issue of race was barely brought up during the trial of Kim Potter

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Independent UK

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

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

The Independent UK

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

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

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

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’

Al Jazeera

Former officer sentenced to two years in Daunte Wright’s death

Former suburban Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter receives lesser sentence after shooting Wright at traffic stop.

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