Criminal Law
Daunte Wright’s Mother Testifies in Kimberly Porter’s Trial
Daunte Wright’s mother and a police officer took the stand Wednesday as the first two witnesses in the manslaughter trial of ex-officer Kimberly Potter, who has said she mistook her gun for a Taser when she killed Wright during a traffic stop.
The shooting happened April 11 in Brooklyn Center, near Minneapolis, after police stopped Wright. During the stop, officers learned he had an outstanding warrant and tried to arrest him. Wright was trying to flee the scene when Potter yelled “Taser, Taser” and instead pulled out her gun and shot him.
Wright, the 20-year-old son of a Black father and a White mother, was also the father of a toddler.
