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Activists address the media calling for justice for those killed by police officers, outside the Minnesota State Capitol i...

Nation May 06

Police detain mother of Daunte Wright after recording traffic stop

By Associated Press

Nation Feb 18

FILE PHOTO: A group of asylum seekers from Mexico, Cuba and Haiti are detained by U.S. Border Patrol in San Luis
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News Wrap: Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

In our news wrap Friday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a Biden administration appeal of the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy, police in Canada arrested at least 70 protesters and towed away trucks in an effort to end protesters’…

Nation Feb 18

Former police officer Kimberly Potter sentencing in Minneapolis
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Former Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter sentenced for killing Daunte Wright

Kim Potter, the former Minneapolis police officer who killed Daunte Wright, was sentenced on Friday to two years in prison. That was far less than the standard manslaughter sentence of around seven years. Potter fatally shot Wright, a 20-year-old Black…

By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sam Lane

Nation Feb 18

Ex-cop who killed Daunte Wright to learn sentence

Kim Potter was convicted in December of both first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the April 11 killing of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black motorist.

By Amy Forliti, Associated Press

Nation Feb 17

Posters outside the trial of Kim Potter
What to watch for at Kim Potter’s sentencing hearing

The suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright is set to be sentenced for her first-degree manslaughter conviction.

By Amy Forliti, Associated Press

Feb 16

Prosecutors reduce requested sentence for ex-cop Kim Potter

By Amy Forliti, Associated Press

Minnesota prosecutors have apparently backed away from their pursuit of a longer-than-usual sentence for the suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black motorist.

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Dec 23

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How the guilty verdict in the Kim Potter trial could influence police reform

By John Yang, Courtney Norris

A jury convicted former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter Thursday on two counts of manslaughter after 27 hours of deliberations. Potter shot Daunte Wright, 20, after reaching for her taser but drawing her gun. The April incident began as a…

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Dec 23

Kim Potter guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright death

By Scott Bauer, Amy Forliti, Associated Press

Jurors on Thursday convicted a suburban Minneapolis police officer of two manslaughter charges in the killing of Daunte Wright, a Black motorist she shot during a traffic stop after she said she confused her gun for her Taser.

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Dec 22

WATCH: Jury deliberates in trial of Kim Potter, former officer who killed Daunte Wright — Day 12

By Scott Bauer, Amy Forliti, Associated Press

Jurors on Thursday convicted a suburban Minneapolis police officer of two manslaughter charges in the killing of Daunte Wright, a Black motorist she shot during a traffic stop after she said she confused her gun for her Taser.

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Dec 21

WATCH: Jury deliberates in trial of Kim Potter, former officer who killed Daunte Wright — Day 11

By Scott Bauer, Amy Forliti, Associated Press

Jurors weighing the case of the suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright asked the judge after a full day of deliberations Tuesday what they should do if they can’t reach a verdict.

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