Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter, accused of shooting and killing Duante Wright on Sunday, has been charged with second-degree manslaughter.
Potter, a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, allegedly thought she pulled her taser out to thwart Wright as he attempted to run from police, but pulled her gun instead and shot him. He then sped off and crashed up the road, and died.
She was arrested and charged on Wednesday morning.
Tatum Report:
Potter was on patrol with a trainee on Sunday afternoon when she and other officers pulled over Wright, 20. Video shared of the incident by police shows Wright struggle with officers when a female officer said to be Potter yelled for a taser.
She instead pulled out her service weapon and fired one shot, police said. Wright was struck and died later after taking off in his car. Wright, at the time he was pulled over for an expired tag, was wanted on an outstanding warrant related to a charge for aggravated armed robbery, Fox News reported.
Police called the shooting an accident.
“This appears to me, from what I viewed and the officer’s reaction and distress immediately after, that this was an accidental discharge that resulted in the tragic death of Mr. Wright,” said former Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon on Monday.
Weirdly enough, when you watch the body cam footage, there is no gunshot sound or any sort of kickback, flash, smoke, or anything to indicate that she fired a gun except for her telling the other officers that she shot him.
Something isn’t adding up.
Watch:
Warning, this is the released body cam footage of the fatal shooting of Duante Wright by Minnesota police. The story: Officer thought they were holding a taser. A taser is less than half the weight of their service weapons. They KNEW they were holding a firearm. #PoliceReformNow pic.twitter.com/17t8yWfVe0
— Eric Cummings (@Merciless365) April 12, 2021
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