Wright is seen breaking away when an officer tries to handcuff him - and gets back behind the wheel while scuffling with one cop. Wright was shot and killed by police in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, during a traffic stop Sunday.īodycam footage shows officers walking up to his car after he was stopped for having an expired registration, police said Monday. “The officer(s) who took his life must be held responsible.” “The road to justice is very long, and the Wright family will not let what happened to Daunte be forgotten,” she wrote. The page has a goal of $500,000, and had raised nearly $410,000 by Tuesday afternoon. The money will also help support Wright’s infant son, Daunte Wright Jr., Bryant wrote. Memorial Fund, set up by Wright’s aunt, Kelly Bryant, seeks to raise funds to pay for the 20-year-old shooting victim’s funeral and burial expenses, and for “mental health and grief counseling” for his family.
Jury selection starts in manslaughter trial of ex-cop who killed Daunte Wrightĭaunte Wright reportedly shot video of himself with gun in bathroomĬop in Daunte Wright shooting seeks to block cameras from courtĪ GoFundMe page set up by the family of Minnesota police shooting victim Daunte Wright has raised more than $400,000 in one day. The family and their lawyers have set up a GoFundMe page to pay for Wright’s funeral and burial expenses, as well as support to Daunte’s son, Daunte Wright, Jr., 2, “and to help the Wright family in the fight for justice.” No funds will go toward legal costs, according to the page.Īs of Wednesday morning, almost $600,000 had been raised.Protester charged with trying to intimidate judge in Daunte Wright trial Williams, Floyd’s nephew, said the fact that Chauvin’s trial is underway only serves to offer further explanation for Wright’s actions. As his mother said, he was scared.” Crump noted Potter’s experience as a police officer was longer than Wright’s entire life. But young people don’t always make the best decisions.
“When you think about the fact that Daunte was trying to get away, he was not a threat to them,” Crump said Tuesday. The shooting occurred during the trial of Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd last May.īenjamin Crump, the attorney who is representing Floyd’s family, also has been retained by Wright’s family. Arrests were for a range of charges including inciting riot and unlawful assembly, according to Operation Safety Net. Officers from the Minnesota State Patrol, Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office and the Minneapolis Police Department arrested 79 people on Tuesday. The shooting prompted protests outside the police department in Brooklyn Center.
Her attorney, Earl Gray, said Wednesday morning that he was unable to talk at the moment. She started it 'just so they didnt have to. Kelly Bryant, Wrights aunt on his mothers side, told Insider she set up a GoFundMe page to help his parents while theyre grieving. Join Facebook to connect with Daunte Wright and others you may know. The aunt of Daunte Wright, the 20-year-old Black man killed by Minnesota police on Sunday, said she has been on the receiving end of hateful emails since starting a GoFundMe page to cover her nephews funeral costs. Potter could not immediately be reached for comment. View the profiles of people named Daunte Wright. In her resignation letter sent to city officials on Tuesday, Potter, a 26-year veteran of the department, wrote she had “loved every minute of being a police officer and serving this community to the best of my ability, but I believe it is in the best interest of the community, the department and my fellow officers if I resign immediately.” He also said officers took note of the air freshener on Wright’s rearview mirror.īoth Potter and Gannon resigned from their positions on Tuesday morning.
Sunday because the registration tags on his license plates were expired.
It is illegal to drive in Minnesota with objects that are “suspended between the driver and the windshield,” other than sun visors, rearview mirrors, safety monitoring equipment, GPS systems, toll-collection devices or “identifying devices.”įormer Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said during a press conference on Monday that officers initially pulled Wright over about 2 p.m. Katie Wright said her son called her right before his death to say that police had pulled him over because he had an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror. Wright, 20, was shot and killed during a traffic stop on Sunday afternoon in Brooklyn Center. DBtuziOMhu- Mara Gottfried April 14, 2021 She was booked into the Hennepin County jail at 12:07 p.m. Mugshot of former Brooklyn Center officer Kim Potter has been released.