ACLU settles $825k lawsuit over civil unrest coverage journalist mistreatment
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety and State Patrol have settled a lawsuit filed on behalf of media members alleging mistreatment during coverage of the George Floyd and Daunte Wright protests.
Man allowed furlough from jail for funeral of son killed in Richfield school shooting
A judge has granted Twin Cities activist Cortez Rice a furlough from jail to attend the funeral of his son, who was killed in the shooting last week outside a school in Richfield, Minnesota.
Former Kim Potter Prosecutor: Early offer to discuss plea deal rebuffed
Imran Ali is still getting hate mail, eight months after he stepped down as prosecutor in the case against former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter.
Kim Potter trial: Guilty on all charges in Daunte Wright shooting
Kim Potter, a former Brooklyn Center police officer, has been found guilty of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the deadly shooting of Daunte Wright.
Timeline: Daunte Wright's death to Kim Potter's trial
Timeline of events from the deadly police shooting of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center on April 11 to the trial of former police officer Kim Potter on Nov. 30.
Kim Potter trial: No verdict yet after 23 hours of jury deliberations
The jury in the Kim Potter trial entered a third day of deliberations Wednesday as they decide whether to convict the former Brooklyn Center police officer of manslaughter in Daunte Wright's traffic stop shooting death.
Community awaits decision in Kim Potter trial as jury deliberations drag on
Legal experts in the Twin Cities suggest that the jurors may be split over a verdict of guilty or not guilty on the charges of first and second degree manslaughter former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter faces.
Kim Potter trial: 3rd day of jury deliberations ends, no verdict yet
The jury in the Kim Potter trial has wrapped their third day of deliberations Wednesday without reaching a verdict. They will remain sequestered & continue their efforts on Thursday morning.
Kim Potter trial: Jury asks what happens if they can't reach verdict
In court Tuesday afternoon, the jurors asked Judge Chu the protocol if they were unable to reach a consensus on the verdict in the Potter trial.
Brooklyn Center holds public meeting on policing changes
As the jury in the trial of Kim Potter continues deliberations, Brooklyn Center held a virtual meeting on Thursday on a measure to revamp the police department after Daunte Wright's death.
Kim Potter trial: No verdict yet after 5 hours of deliberations on Monday
Jurors wrapped up five-plus hours of deliberations on Monday without a decision in the trial of Kim Potter and are set to return Tuesday morning, Judge Chu said Monday deliberations would go until 6 p.m. and jurors are being sequestered at a hotel for the length of deliberations.
Kim Potter trial: Missed chance to explain Taser-gun mix-up, experts say
Kim Potter’s testimony on Friday was notably scant on a key element of her defense – that she made a mistake when she drew her handgun instead of her Taser and killed Wright during a traffic stop last April in Brooklyn Center.
Kim Potter testifies on Daunte Wright shooting, defense rests case
The defense rested their case Friday in the manslaughter trial of Kim Potter after the former Brooklyn Center police officer concluded her testimony on the deadly traffic stop shooting of Daunte Wright.
Kim Potter trial: Ex-Brooklyn Center police chief Tim Gannon testifies
The defense called its first witnesses Thursday in the trial of former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter, who is accused of shooting and killing 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop earlier this year.
Kim Potter trial: Use-of-force expert Seth Stoughton takes the stand
The state called its final witnesses Wednesday including a use-of-force expert in the manslaughter trial of Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center police officer accused of shooting and killing 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, but they did not rest their case.
Kim Potter trial for Daunte Wright shooting: What to know
The manslaughter trial of Kimberly Potter, the former Brooklyn Center police officer charged in the deadly shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, began on Tuesday, Nov. 30.
Kim Potter trial: Police testify on Taser, use of force policies
Prosecutors called more witnesses Tuesday in the trial of Kim Potter as they continue to try to poke holes in the former Brooklyn Center police officer’s claim that she mistook her gun for her Taser when she fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop last year.
Kim Potter Trial Day 4: Medical examiner on Wright's death, witness demonstrates Taser
The Kim Potter trial enters its second week, with Day 4 of testimony in Minneapolis. The former Brooklyn Center police officer is charged with manslaughter in the killing of Daunte Wright for firing her gun instead of her taser.
Slips and Capture: 'Not scientifically rigorous'
A defense expert in the trial of Kim Potter is expected to testify this week about a controversial theory used to explain how an officer can mistake their handgun for a TASER.
Explainer: What’s behind ‘sordid’ evidence at Potter trial?
After prosecutors spent nearly a day reconstructing the moments after a suburban Minneapolis police officer shot and killed Daunte Wright, one of her attorneys had heard enough.