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The settlement was reached months after a former Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer was sentenced to two years in prison for the fatal shooting of Mr. Wright during a traffic stop.
By Jesus Jiménez
A judge sentenced the white former police officer far less than the standard of about seven years for manslaughter, for killing Daunte Wright, a Black man.
By The Associated Press
Daunte Wright’s mother said “the justice system murdered him all over again,” after Kim Potter, the former police officer who fatally shot Mr. Wright during a traffic stop, was sentenced to two years in prison.
By Reuters
Ms. Potter fatally shot Mr. Wright after drawing her gun instead of her Taser during a traffic stop near Minneapolis.
By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
Contemporary activists can benefit from Tutu’s ideas about restorative justice and strengthen their quest for fundamental fairness.
By Michael Eric Dyson
Two readers disagree with the verdict in the shooting of Daunte Wright. Also: Tributes to Desmond Tutu and Joan Didion; Amy Coney Barrett and Roe.
George Floyd’s murder set in motion shock waves that touched almost every aspect of American society. But on the core issues of police violence and accountability, very little is different.
By Tim Arango and Giulia Heyward
Daunte Wright’s mother and the attorney general of Minnesota gave remarks on the jury’s decision to convict Ms. Potter on two counts of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Mr. Wright.
Incidents in which police officers mistakenly fired their guns when they meant to draw their Tasers have not been common, but there have been several in recent years.
The former Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright was convicted of two counts of manslaughter.
By Court Tv Via The Associated Press
