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'Of course!' Harris tells '60 Minutes' interviewer she's shot her Glock
2 months, 2 weeks ago

'Of course!' Harris tells '60 Minutes' interviewer she's shot her Glock

Raw Story  

Vice President Kamala Harris owns a Glock and she wants everyone to know she’s shot it, too. “I have a Glock, and I’ve had it for quite some time,” the Democratic nominee told CBS News host Bill Whitaker in a “60 Minutes” interview Monday night. “And I mean, look Bill – my background is in law enforcement, so there you …

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Prosecutors drop calls for killer Minneapolis cop Kim Potter to be given longer-than-usual sentence
2 years, 10 months ago

Prosecutors drop calls for killer Minneapolis cop Kim Potter to be given longer-than-usual sentence

Daily Mail  

Minnesota prosecutors are dropping calls for killer cop Kim Potter, who is white, to be given a longer-than-usual sentence for killing a black man during a traffic stop, and now say they're happy with the suggested seven-year prison stretch instead. In a court filing this week, prosecutors said they were fine with existing state guidelines suggesting Potter, 49, serve around …

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Kim Potter guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright’s death
3 years ago

Kim Potter guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright’s death

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — A suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser was convicted of manslaughter Thursday in the death of Daunte Wright, prompting tears from the young Black man’s parents and a jubilant celebration by supporters outside the courthouse who chanted “Guilty, guilty, guilty!” The mostly white jury deliberated for about 27 hours over four …

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Ex-Cop Kim Potter Found Guilty On Manslaughter Charges For Killing Daunte Wright
3 years ago

Ex-Cop Kim Potter Found Guilty On Manslaughter Charges For Killing Daunte Wright

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A jury found former Minnesota police Officer Kim Potter guilty on both manslaughter charges Thursday for fatally shooting 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, a Minneapolis suburb, in April. Without civic-minded citizens like you, our system of justice could not function.” Former Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter has been found guilty of first- …

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No verdict yet in Kim Potter trial for Daunte Wright’s death
3 years ago

No verdict yet in Kim Potter trial for Daunte Wright’s death

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — The suburban Minneapolis police officer who says she meant to use her Taser instead of her gun when she shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright made a “blunder of epic proportions” and did not have “a license to kill,” a prosecutor told jurors on Monday shortly before they began deliberating in her manslaughter trial. She pointed it …

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Kim Potter, Who Killed Daunte Wright, Testifies At Her Trial
3 years ago

Kim Potter, Who Killed Daunte Wright, Testifies At Her Trial

Huff Post  

MINNEAPOLIS — The suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright testified at her manslaughter trial Friday that she wouldn’t have pulled over his car if she hadn’t been training another officer and that she hadn’t planned to use deadly force that day. Potter’s attorneys argued that she made a mistake but also would have been justified in …

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EXPLAINER: How does an officer use a gun instead of a Taser?
3 years ago

EXPLAINER: How does an officer use a gun instead of a Taser?

Associated Press  

At former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter’s manslaughter trial for fatally shooting Daunte Wright, a Black motorist, the core of her defense is clear: She says she meant to use her Taser but grabbed her handgun instead. Potter’s body-camera video recorded the shooting, with Potter heard saying, “Taser, Taser, Taser” before she fired, followed by, “I grabbed the wrong gun.” …

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Prosecutor: Potter ‘failed’ Wright; defense calls it mistake
3 years ago

Prosecutor: Potter ‘failed’ Wright; defense calls it mistake

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — A suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she mistakenly drew her gun instead of her Taser when she fatally shot Black motorist Daunte Wright went on trial on manslaughter charges Wednesday, with a prosecutor saying Kim Potter had been trained how to avoid such deadly mix-ups but still got it wrong. Potter’s lawyer, though, argued that she made …

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Biden calls Wright shooting 'God awful'
3 years, 8 months ago

Biden calls Wright shooting 'God awful'

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden called the police shooting of Daunte Wright 'God awful' and insisted that change can come through 'police reform' as he met with members of the Congressional Black Caucus at the White House Tuesday. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attended an Oval Office meeting Tuesday with members of the Congressional Black Caucus 20-year-old Daunte Wright …

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Police chief, officer resign two days after Black motorist killed
3 years, 8 months ago

Police chief, officer resign two days after Black motorist killed

Al Jazeera  

Daunte Wright was shot during a traffic stop by officer who says she mistakenly grabbed her gun instead of her taser. The chief of police and the patrol officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, a suburb of the United States city of Minneapolis, resigned on Tuesday. Police Chief Tim Gannon and Officer …

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