Ex-Police officer Kimberly Potter who fatally shot Daunte Wright seeks to block cameras from trial
The ex-Minnesota officer charged in the shooting death of Daunte Wright now wants to block news cameras at her upcoming manslaughter trial.
Attorneys for the former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kimberly Potter claim in court papers that livestreaming her trial presents safety concerns for the officer. Potter says she believed pulled out her taser instead of her service gun during Wright’s shooting on April 11 traffic stop. “Officer Potter’s life has been threatened,” defense attorney Paul Engh said in papers filed Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court.
“Near daily protests take place at her abode where she can no longer live,” Engh wrote. “Additional safety concerns have surfaced.”
Engh said the trial and conviction of former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd inside the same Hennepin courthouse, including backlash and vandalism targeting at least one witness who testified on the cop’s behalf.
Potter’s lawyers say that have concerns when her trial starts. Potter is free on $100,000 bail awaiting trial.
Wright, 20, was stopped by police in nearby Brooklyn Center, a Minneapolis suburb, when he was shot by Potter, bodycam footage shows.
“Taser, Taser, Taser,” Potter is heard yelling in the footage.
She then fires off a single round as Wright drives off, crashing the car down the street.
“Holy s–t,” the officer is heard saying. “I just shot him.”
Potter has since been charged with second-degree manslaughter in Wright’s death.
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