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Taylor, an emergency medical technician, was killed in her home during a botched police raid in March 2020.

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Former Minnesota officer Kim Potter to leave prison, 2 years after fatally shooting Daunte Wright

MINNEAPOLIS — Former police officer Kim Potter gets out of prison Monday, two years after fatally shooting Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in a Brooklyn Center neighborhood.

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Brooklyn Center police recruitment video draws backlash

MINNEAPOLIS — Activists and community members voiced outrage at a rally outside Brooklyn Center City Hall on Monday evening to denounce what they call a hyper-militarized video produced by the Police Department to recruit officers to the force.

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Mother of Daunte Wright’s son files lawsuit against family over $1m GoFundMe

“This is strictly a family dispute between the mother of Daunte Wright’s child and Daunte’s parents,” attorney Ben Crump’s spokesperson says

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Brooklyn Center reaches settlement with Daunte Wright's family for $3.25 million

MINNEAPOLIS — The city of Brooklyn Center will pay $3.25 million to the family of Daunte Wright, the Black man who was killed by police during a traffic stop last year.

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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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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.

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Judge undecided on cameras in courtroom for state trial of ex-Minneapolis police officers in Floyd death

MINNEAPOLIS — A Hennepin County judge said he's unsure whether state law will allow him to permit cameras in the courtroom for the upcoming trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged in connection to George Floyd's murder.

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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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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?

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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 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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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

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

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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.

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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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Kimberly Potter sentenced to 2 years in Daunte Wright shooting death

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer Kimberly Potter was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for fatally shooting Daunte Wright during a traffic stop last year.

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Potter sentencing set; prosecutors reverse course on seeking longer

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer Kimberly Potter potentially faces years behind bars when she is sentenced Friday morning for the shooting death of Daunte Wright, but her attorneys are pleading for a lower term or probation.

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Odds for successful appeal appear slim for Kimberly Potter

MINNEAPOLIS — Experienced attorneys say former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter faces a slim chance of prevailing in a likely appeal of last month's manslaughter convictions in the shooting death of Daunte Wright.

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