Former Minnesota police officer Kimberly Potter has been released from prison after serving 16 months of a two-year sentence following her conviction on manslaughter charges in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright.
Potter was released on Monday, the Minnesota Department of Corrections said, according to CNN. She will be on supervised release through December for the remainder of her sentence per Minnesota law. Potter’s attorney told CNN that the former officer will live in Wisconsin.
Wright’s mother, Katie, told CNN that she was “dreading” Potter being released.
“Some say...
Potter was released on Monday, the Minnesota Department of Corrections said, according to CNN. She will be on supervised release through December for the remainder of her sentence per Minnesota law. Potter’s attorney told CNN that the former officer will live in Wisconsin.
Wright’s mother, Katie, told CNN that she was “dreading” Potter being released.
“Some say...
- 4/24/2023
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
A simple list of Ben Crump’s clients tells us how important his work as a civil rights attorney is: Between 2020-2021 alone, he represented the families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and Daunte Wright.
“Civil” began as a collaboration between Crump and Kenya Barris (“black-ish”), who considered working on a scripted series together. But as Crump puts it, Barris felt people would want to see “this real life superhero,” so they asked director Nadia Hallgren (“Becoming”) to make a documentary about Crump himself.
The result leaves us with the feeling that a combination of approaches might have worked best: a non-scripted series could have given Hallgren valuable opportunities to broaden the story, while still introducing viewers to her primary subject.
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“Civil” began as a collaboration between Crump and Kenya Barris (“black-ish”), who considered working on a scripted series together. But as Crump puts it, Barris felt people would want to see “this real life superhero,” so they asked director Nadia Hallgren (“Becoming”) to make a documentary about Crump himself.
The result leaves us with the feeling that a combination of approaches might have worked best: a non-scripted series could have given Hallgren valuable opportunities to broaden the story, while still introducing viewers to her primary subject.
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- 6/19/2022
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who was convicted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting death of Daunte Wright, was sentenced Friday to just two years in prison for the incident.
Sentencing guidelines suggested that Potter received a maximum of nine years in prison after being found guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter in connection to Wright’s April 2021 death, with Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison recommending an 86-month sentence in a memorandum to the court. Wright’s family sought the maximum sentence.
Instead, Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu handed down a two-year sentence,...
Sentencing guidelines suggested that Potter received a maximum of nine years in prison after being found guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter in connection to Wright’s April 2021 death, with Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison recommending an 86-month sentence in a memorandum to the court. Wright’s family sought the maximum sentence.
Instead, Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu handed down a two-year sentence,...
- 2/18/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Protestors continued to take to the streets of Minneapolis Saturday following the death of Amir Locke, who was shot and killed Wednesday morning by a Minnesota Police Swat team executing a no-knock search warrant.
Bodycam footage released by the city Thursday shows the Swat team — who were carrying out a search warrant for a homicide suspect — quietly entering the apartment with a front door key and then yelling “Police, search warrant.”
Locke, a 22-year-old black man, is seen on the video sleeping under a blanket on the couch as police...
Bodycam footage released by the city Thursday shows the Swat team — who were carrying out a search warrant for a homicide suspect — quietly entering the apartment with a front door key and then yelling “Police, search warrant.”
Locke, a 22-year-old black man, is seen on the video sleeping under a blanket on the couch as police...
- 2/6/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Kim Potter, an ex-cop with the Brooklyn Center Police Department. has been convicted of first and second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of motorist Daunte Wright. Potter was field training officer Anthony Luckey, who pulled over Wright’s white Buick, and Potter stated that she likely wouldn’t have pulled the car over if it had been […]
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- 12/24/2021
- by Jacob Linden
- Uinterview
Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright, was found guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter.
The decision was announced Thursday, Dec. 23, after four days of jury deliberation. Potter will likely face several years in prison. First-degree manslaughter typically carries a seven year sentence, and up to 15 years, while second-degree manslaughter carries a minimum of four and a maximum of 10.
Potter fatally shot Wright on April 11, after Wright was pulled over for expired registration tags and because officers saw an air freshener hanging...
The decision was announced Thursday, Dec. 23, after four days of jury deliberation. Potter will likely face several years in prison. First-degree manslaughter typically carries a seven year sentence, and up to 15 years, while second-degree manslaughter carries a minimum of four and a maximum of 10.
Potter fatally shot Wright on April 11, after Wright was pulled over for expired registration tags and because officers saw an air freshener hanging...
- 12/23/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Comedy Central’s World News Headquarters are due for a massive upgrade. The cable network announced Tuesday that The Daily Show With Trevor Noah is set to take an unprecedented three-month hiatus following Thursday’s episode, and will return Monday, Sept. 13 with “a brand new look and feel.”
Noah hinted at major changes during a recent For Your Emmy Consideration conversation with late-night legend Arsenio Hall.
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- 6/15/2021
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
“We go from a TV studio with a control room where you can broadcast live if you want to, to where we’re using iPhones to make television,” says director David Paul Meyer about transitioning from “The Daily Show” to “The Daily Social Distancing Show” due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He discussed his work with us as part of our Emmy “Meet the Experts” directors panel. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
Those iPhones have proved pretty good for TV production, “and it’s not just because Apple gives me free stuff. I’m actually hoping I can utilize this panel to get me free Apple things,” Meyer jokes. After a year of making the show remotely, they’ve expanded the possibilities of what they’re able to achieve outside of the studio.
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Those iPhones have proved pretty good for TV production, “and it’s not just because Apple gives me free stuff. I’m actually hoping I can utilize this panel to get me free Apple things,” Meyer jokes. After a year of making the show remotely, they’ve expanded the possibilities of what they’re able to achieve outside of the studio.
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- 5/19/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
One day after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of the murder of George Floyd, a New York judge scheduled an inquiry into the city’s handling of Eric Garner’s 2014 death on Staten Island. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, whose administration sought to delay the inquiry, could be forced to testify at the proceedings, now tentatively scheduled for July 19.
Like Floyd, Garner’s death in police custody was filmed; on the tape he can be heard telling police “I can’t breathe.” The video captured NYPD officer...
Like Floyd, Garner’s death in police custody was filmed; on the tape he can be heard telling police “I can’t breathe.” The video captured NYPD officer...
- 4/27/2021
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
In Charles Burnett’s ever-relevant cop movie, unfortunately buried by Harvey Weinstein, a corrupt and abusive system is put on display
As a Black man living in America, these past few weeks haven’t been good.
The African-American community has once again had to endure images of Black men and women being terrorized and/or tragically killed by the police. There’s Daunte Wright getting gunned down during a traffic stop in Minnesota, Caron Nazario – an army lieutenant – being threatened and pepper-sprayed at another traffic stop in Virginia, and 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant killed by police during an altercation with other women in Ohio. All this was happening while people were hoping and praying that a jury found Derek Chauvin guilty for the murder of George Floyd, an act of tragic police brutality that was captured on video and set off a wave of protests and riots that took over the world last summer.
As a Black man living in America, these past few weeks haven’t been good.
The African-American community has once again had to endure images of Black men and women being terrorized and/or tragically killed by the police. There’s Daunte Wright getting gunned down during a traffic stop in Minnesota, Caron Nazario – an army lieutenant – being threatened and pepper-sprayed at another traffic stop in Virginia, and 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant killed by police during an altercation with other women in Ohio. All this was happening while people were hoping and praying that a jury found Derek Chauvin guilty for the murder of George Floyd, an act of tragic police brutality that was captured on video and set off a wave of protests and riots that took over the world last summer.
- 4/26/2021
- by Craig Lindsey
- The Guardian - Film News
“Let’s just hope in your life, you never need a police officer,” says “Fox & Friends” co-host
Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade said Thursday that protesters who call for defunding or abolishing the police should lose access to 911, the phone line that connects Americans to emergency services.
Obviously, there’s no real way protesters could be identified and subsequently barred from the free service, nor is that constitutional, but in a segment dedicated to the “Future of policing in America,” per an on-air “Fox & Friends” graphic, Kilmeade suggested it anyway.
“You know what? You should be barred — anyone who says that, you are no longer allowed to 911. Let’s just hope in your life, you never need a police officer,” he declared after co-host Ainsley Earhardt reviewed some recent examples of protests against police brutality and overreach, highlighting instances of demonstrators saying they want police “out” of the area.
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Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade said Thursday that protesters who call for defunding or abolishing the police should lose access to 911, the phone line that connects Americans to emergency services.
Obviously, there’s no real way protesters could be identified and subsequently barred from the free service, nor is that constitutional, but in a segment dedicated to the “Future of policing in America,” per an on-air “Fox & Friends” graphic, Kilmeade suggested it anyway.
“You know what? You should be barred — anyone who says that, you are no longer allowed to 911. Let’s just hope in your life, you never need a police officer,” he declared after co-host Ainsley Earhardt reviewed some recent examples of protests against police brutality and overreach, highlighting instances of demonstrators saying they want police “out” of the area.
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- 4/22/2021
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
The government center in downtown Minneapolis — where people gathered outside after the guilty verdict was brought down on Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd — is sandwiched between skyscrapers. I look up at the buildings, taking in their pointless grandeur. I don’t often find myself in this part of the city. I’m never feeling empty enough.
The last time I was here in a meaningful capacity was for the Occupy protests in 2011. I didn’t mean to. I stumbled into it after a date, jarringly out of my element.
The last time I was here in a meaningful capacity was for the Occupy protests in 2011. I didn’t mean to. I stumbled into it after a date, jarringly out of my element.
- 4/21/2021
- by Safy-Hallan Farah
- Rollingstone.com
Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter on Tuesday, April 20th.
Following the verdict, President Biden said he’d spoken with Floyd’s family, said the verdict was just, and called on Congress to pass legislation aimed at broader policing reforms.
“Such a verdict is also much too rare. It seems like it took a unique and extraordinary convergence of factors … for the judicial system to deliver just basic accountability,” Biden said. “It’s not enough. We can’t stop here.
Following the verdict, President Biden said he’d spoken with Floyd’s family, said the verdict was just, and called on Congress to pass legislation aimed at broader policing reforms.
“Such a verdict is also much too rare. It seems like it took a unique and extraordinary convergence of factors … for the judicial system to deliver just basic accountability,” Biden said. “It’s not enough. We can’t stop here.
- 4/21/2021
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter on Tuesday April 20th.
After the verdict was read, Chauvin was taken into the custody of the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office. It’s unclear when Chauvin will be sentenced. Per The New York Times, a defendant like Chauvin with no criminal history could face 12-and-a-half years for both murder charges, though the second-degree charge carries a max of 40 years in prison, while third-degree carries a max of 25 years. The manslaughter charge carries...
After the verdict was read, Chauvin was taken into the custody of the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office. It’s unclear when Chauvin will be sentenced. Per The New York Times, a defendant like Chauvin with no criminal history could face 12-and-a-half years for both murder charges, though the second-degree charge carries a max of 40 years in prison, while third-degree carries a max of 25 years. The manslaughter charge carries...
- 4/20/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Update, 2:23 Pm Pt: Jury deliberations are beginning in the Derek Chauvin trial after a day-long series of closing arguments as to whether the former Minneapolis police officer is guilty of murder in the death of George Floyd.
With the jury out of the room, Judge Peter A. Cahill denied a defense motion for a mistrial based on remarks made by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-ca). But the judge did say that it could form a basis for an appeal.
“I will give you that Congresswoman Waters may have given you something on appeal that may result in this whole trial being overturned,” he said.
Waters told reporters on Saturday that she hoped that for a verdict of “guilty, guilty, guilty, and if we don’t, we cannot go away.” Asked what protesters should do, she said, “We have got to stay on the street. We have got to get more active.
With the jury out of the room, Judge Peter A. Cahill denied a defense motion for a mistrial based on remarks made by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-ca). But the judge did say that it could form a basis for an appeal.
“I will give you that Congresswoman Waters may have given you something on appeal that may result in this whole trial being overturned,” he said.
Waters told reporters on Saturday that she hoped that for a verdict of “guilty, guilty, guilty, and if we don’t, we cannot go away.” Asked what protesters should do, she said, “We have got to stay on the street. We have got to get more active.
- 4/19/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
John Oliver devoted much of Sunday’s episode of “Last Week Tonight” to the killings of Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo, who were unarmed when they were shot by police. Wright was a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by a Brooklyn Center, Minnesota officer who mistook her gun for her Taser. Toledo was a 13-year-old Latino boy who was killed by a Chicago police officer. The Chicago Police Department initially described the incident as an “armed confrontation,” but bodycam footage showed Toledo had both hands up when he was shot.
Oliver was sick over the predictable, miserable sequence of events that happens every time a police officer kills an unarmed person of color, which started this time after Wright was killed on April 11.
“This week sank into a depressingly familiar cycle, with the president insisting on ‘peaceful protests,’ which is so often just another way to prioritize compliance...
Oliver was sick over the predictable, miserable sequence of events that happens every time a police officer kills an unarmed person of color, which started this time after Wright was killed on April 11.
“This week sank into a depressingly familiar cycle, with the president insisting on ‘peaceful protests,’ which is so often just another way to prioritize compliance...
- 4/19/2021
- by Liam Mathews
- Gold Derby
Well in its eighth season, it’s rather unsurprising now when Oliver starts his show with a rant detailing his overwhelming frustration at the world. His quick tongue usually summarizes the week’s public grievances in the first three minutes with blinding fashion. Without a moment to reflect, it only seems prudent for the viewer to despair with him about the state of the world.
Predictably, the week’s unfortunate events precipitated another silver-tongued tirade. However, Oliver decided to ditch the diatribe and find some peace and laughter for his embattled viewers.
After a week when bodycam footage was released of two men of color being shot by the police – 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Minneapolis and 13-year-old Adam Toledo in Chicago – Oliver found it difficult to offer any conciliatory messages. The British host said there wasn’t much to say after doing five full episodes on the police, segments in...
Predictably, the week’s unfortunate events precipitated another silver-tongued tirade. However, Oliver decided to ditch the diatribe and find some peace and laughter for his embattled viewers.
After a week when bodycam footage was released of two men of color being shot by the police – 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Minneapolis and 13-year-old Adam Toledo in Chicago – Oliver found it difficult to offer any conciliatory messages. The British host said there wasn’t much to say after doing five full episodes on the police, segments in...
- 4/19/2021
- by Brandon Choe
- Deadline Film + TV
The Oscars aren’t for more than a week, but if they were handing out awards for disgruntled old white people tonight, Sharon Osbourne and Bill Maher may find themselves in a tie.
“I’m sorry, I’m 65, you’re 68, I know who I am, I don’t need re-education,” the Real Time host exclaimed to applause from his studio audience and a smile from Osbourne, who he showered fanboy praise on. “We can’t judge everyone by their worst moments,” Maher stated earlier in the softball packed interview as the former The Talk co-host slagged “disgruntled” ex-colleagues and offered a steady stream of self-justifications for conduct that got her canned from the CBS show last month.
"I've been called so many things in my life. I am so used to being called names, but a 'racist' is one I will not take." – @MrsSOsbourne #RealTime pic.twitter.com/Wek5Iwqhxy...
“I’m sorry, I’m 65, you’re 68, I know who I am, I don’t need re-education,” the Real Time host exclaimed to applause from his studio audience and a smile from Osbourne, who he showered fanboy praise on. “We can’t judge everyone by their worst moments,” Maher stated earlier in the softball packed interview as the former The Talk co-host slagged “disgruntled” ex-colleagues and offered a steady stream of self-justifications for conduct that got her canned from the CBS show last month.
"I've been called so many things in my life. I am so used to being called names, but a 'racist' is one I will not take." – @MrsSOsbourne #RealTime pic.twitter.com/Wek5Iwqhxy...
- 4/17/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
After another tragic week of officer-involved shootings, Trevor Noah discussed “the talk” black families have with their children about encountering police on the latest episode of The Daily Show.
“It has been another week in America, which means it has been another week of black people being killed or harassed by the police. And by now, everybody’s aware about what happened to Daunte Wright and Lieutenant Nazario,” Noah said. “And although each incident ended very differently, they both began the same way. It’s the same way that many...
“It has been another week in America, which means it has been another week of black people being killed or harassed by the police. And by now, everybody’s aware about what happened to Daunte Wright and Lieutenant Nazario,” Noah said. “And although each incident ended very differently, they both began the same way. It’s the same way that many...
- 4/16/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
A protest against the death of Minnesota man Daunte Wright in a confrontation with police spilled into Hollywood Thursday night, as several hundred people marched and held a vigil at Sunset and Vine.
Police were out in force to monitor the event, which saw protesters take over the street in a march that started in mid-evening. The marchers chanted Wright’s name and Black Lives Matter.
The street protest follows another earlier this month in Hollywood regarding the death of Louisville, Kentucky resident Breonna Taylor. That protest resulted in a more aggressive police response.
The Thursday night protest in Hollywood was one of many nationwide this week, as Wright’s death and the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis for his role in the death of George Floyd has heightened tensions.
Protestors marching down Hollywood blvd for Daunte Wright @theconvocouch @SlowNewsDayShow pic.twitter.com/KqwSXTtrbg
— Fiorella Isabel...
Police were out in force to monitor the event, which saw protesters take over the street in a march that started in mid-evening. The marchers chanted Wright’s name and Black Lives Matter.
The street protest follows another earlier this month in Hollywood regarding the death of Louisville, Kentucky resident Breonna Taylor. That protest resulted in a more aggressive police response.
The Thursday night protest in Hollywood was one of many nationwide this week, as Wright’s death and the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis for his role in the death of George Floyd has heightened tensions.
Protestors marching down Hollywood blvd for Daunte Wright @theconvocouch @SlowNewsDayShow pic.twitter.com/KqwSXTtrbg
— Fiorella Isabel...
- 4/16/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
“700 Club” host Pat Robertson said Thursday that police officers have “got to stop this stuff” while reacting to the killings of Daunte Wright and George Floyd, as well as the pepper-spraying of Army Lieutenant Caron Nazario.
The conservative televangelist insisted he’s still “pro-police,” but expressed serious disgust during his broadcast, reserving special contempt for Kim Potter, the officer who shot Wright last weekend and, according to the police department, confused her gun for her taser. Potter, a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center police, resigned this week and is facing charges of manslaughter.
Robertson called the idea that Potter confused her taser for her gun “crazy.” As he spoke, he held up models of a pistol and a taser, making clear to his audience there is “no comparison” between the black gun and the yellow, less lethal device.
He also said Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis officer who killed George...
The conservative televangelist insisted he’s still “pro-police,” but expressed serious disgust during his broadcast, reserving special contempt for Kim Potter, the officer who shot Wright last weekend and, according to the police department, confused her gun for her taser. Potter, a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center police, resigned this week and is facing charges of manslaughter.
Robertson called the idea that Potter confused her taser for her gun “crazy.” As he spoke, he held up models of a pistol and a taser, making clear to his audience there is “no comparison” between the black gun and the yellow, less lethal device.
He also said Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis officer who killed George...
- 4/15/2021
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
In the months after the death of George Floyd, the country started to take a hard look in the mirror. We asked: Was this a nation built on white supremacy? Do we police African-Americans differently? Were we excluding people from opportunities based on the color of their skin? Protestors hit the streets, athletes boycotted games, and we demanded accountability from our politicians. We discussed the limits of policing, structures that perpetuated racism and the daily aggressions people of color faced. We argued online and offline, elected a new president and slashed police budgets.
Days ago, police killed another Black man, 20-year old Daunte Wright, about 20 minutes from where Floyd died. The time was ripe for filmmakers to use their platform for change.
The Ghetto Film School in conjunction with Madison Wells held a panel Thursday night to tackle the issues of incorporating their identity and social awareness into filmmaking.
Joining...
Days ago, police killed another Black man, 20-year old Daunte Wright, about 20 minutes from where Floyd died. The time was ripe for filmmakers to use their platform for change.
The Ghetto Film School in conjunction with Madison Wells held a panel Thursday night to tackle the issues of incorporating their identity and social awareness into filmmaking.
Joining...
- 4/15/2021
- by Brandon Choe
- Deadline Film + TV
The Daily Show host Trevor Noah bypassed punchlines in the impassioned video he posted yesterday about police brutality, posing the question, “Where are the good apples?”
“We’re told time and time again that these incidents we keep experiencing are because of bad apples” on the police forces, Noah says early in the video.
Noah says the video was prompted by recent news of police encounters with Black men, including the incident in Windsor, Virginia, in which two officers handcuffed and pepper-sprayed Black Latino Army Lt. Caron Nazario. “He’s in military fatigues, he’s one of the troops, and he’s being treated like trash from the cops, and not just as a troop but as a human being,” Noah says.
“They claim they were afraid but there’s only one person exhibiting fear in that video and it’s him.”
The Daily Show host also references the deaths of Daunte Wright,...
“We’re told time and time again that these incidents we keep experiencing are because of bad apples” on the police forces, Noah says early in the video.
Noah says the video was prompted by recent news of police encounters with Black men, including the incident in Windsor, Virginia, in which two officers handcuffed and pepper-sprayed Black Latino Army Lt. Caron Nazario. “He’s in military fatigues, he’s one of the troops, and he’s being treated like trash from the cops, and not just as a troop but as a human being,” Noah says.
“They claim they were afraid but there’s only one person exhibiting fear in that video and it’s him.”
The Daily Show host also references the deaths of Daunte Wright,...
- 4/15/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Toxic masculinity combined with current events Wednesday to create a very entertaining train wreck during Sean Hannity’s Fox News show. And it was all thanks to the open hostility between pundits Geraldo Rivera and Dan Bongino, which turned into an aggro shouting match that ended with Rivera calling Bongino a “son of a bitch” and a “punk.”
You can watch the whole thing at the bottom of this post.
Bongino and Rivera were on to talk about the ongoing protests in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, where 20-year-old Daunte Wright was killed by police officer Kimberly Potter, who claims she meant to fire her taser but accidentally used her gun, during a traffic stop on Sunday. The protests are currently in their fourth night and have been marked by violent clashes between police and protesters, and also sporadic vandalism and looting.
Hannity was not in favor of the protests. Rivera, for his part,...
You can watch the whole thing at the bottom of this post.
Bongino and Rivera were on to talk about the ongoing protests in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, where 20-year-old Daunte Wright was killed by police officer Kimberly Potter, who claims she meant to fire her taser but accidentally used her gun, during a traffic stop on Sunday. The protests are currently in their fourth night and have been marked by violent clashes between police and protesters, and also sporadic vandalism and looting.
Hannity was not in favor of the protests. Rivera, for his part,...
- 4/15/2021
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Trevor Noah offered his thoughts on the news that a police officer was charged over the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright during Wednesday’s episode of The Daily Social Distancing Show.
“The people of Minnesota and the entire country have been mourning and protesting,” said the late-night host at the top of the segment. “And today, the police officer who pulled the trigger was put on notice.”
Noah was referring to veteran police officer Kim Potter, who was captured on video firing her gun at Wright instead of using a taser during a traffic stop in Minnesota ...
“The people of Minnesota and the entire country have been mourning and protesting,” said the late-night host at the top of the segment. “And today, the police officer who pulled the trigger was put on notice.”
Noah was referring to veteran police officer Kim Potter, who was captured on video firing her gun at Wright instead of using a taser during a traffic stop in Minnesota ...
- 4/15/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Trevor Noah offered his thoughts on the news that a police officer was charged over the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright during Wednesday’s episode of The Daily Social Distancing Show.
“The people of Minnesota and the entire country have been mourning and protesting,” said the late-night host at the top of the segment. “And today, the police officer who pulled the trigger was put on notice.”
Noah was referring to veteran police officer Kim Potter, who was captured on video firing her gun at Wright instead of using a taser during a traffic stop in Minnesota ...
“The people of Minnesota and the entire country have been mourning and protesting,” said the late-night host at the top of the segment. “And today, the police officer who pulled the trigger was put on notice.”
Noah was referring to veteran police officer Kim Potter, who was captured on video firing her gun at Wright instead of using a taser during a traffic stop in Minnesota ...
- 4/15/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright was charged with second-degree manslaughter, Wednesday April 14th.
According to a statement from the office of Washington County Attorney, Pete Orput, Potter was taken into custody by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Wednesday. A date for her first court appearance has yet to be announced.
“Certain occupations carry an immense responsibility and none more so than a sworn police officer,” Imran Ali, Washington County assistant criminal division chief and director of the Major Crime Unit said in the statement.
According to a statement from the office of Washington County Attorney, Pete Orput, Potter was taken into custody by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Wednesday. A date for her first court appearance has yet to be announced.
“Certain occupations carry an immense responsibility and none more so than a sworn police officer,” Imran Ali, Washington County assistant criminal division chief and director of the Major Crime Unit said in the statement.
- 4/14/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old black man, was killed by police during a traffic stop on Sunday afternoon in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. His death has sparked demonstrations in the Minneapolis suburb and around the United States, and reignited the national conversation around policing practices and violence against black Americans. Wright was pulled over just 10 miles from where another unarmed black man, George Floyd, was killed last May by former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin’s trial entered its third week on Monday, compounding the tension that beset the community following...
- 4/13/2021
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The fatal shooting of Daunte Wright has sparked an outpouring of outrage and sadness, including from some of Hollywood's biggest names. On Sunday, April 11, the 20-year-old Black man died after he was shot by a police officer during a traffic stop, less than 10 miles away from where the trial of Derek Chauvin has been underway in Minneapolis, Minn. Brooklyn Center, Minnesota police chief Tim Gannon later referred to the officer firing their gun as an "accidental discharge." "As I watch the video and listen to the officer's commands," Gannon said in a press conference, "it is my belief that the officer had the intention to deploy their Taser, but instead shot Mr....
- 4/13/2021
- E! Online
Trevor Noah joined the legion of people who are dumbfounded by the excuse Minneapolis police have given for Daunte Wright’s April 11 death, saying the officer who shot and killed the Black man meant to reach for her taser and instead grabbed her gun.
“You have got to be f—ing kidding me,” Noah said on Monday’s “Daily Show.” “A man was killed at a traffic stop because the police officer mixed up their gun and their taser. Is that even supposed to be a legitimate excuse? Like, we’re supposed to watch that and go, ‘Ah, Ok, one time I used sugar instead of salt so I can relate.’ Look, I’m not saying that tragic mistakes will never happen, but what I am saying is that maybe if the police weren’t so quick to draw any weapon then maybe people wouldn’t die because of a...
“You have got to be f—ing kidding me,” Noah said on Monday’s “Daily Show.” “A man was killed at a traffic stop because the police officer mixed up their gun and their taser. Is that even supposed to be a legitimate excuse? Like, we’re supposed to watch that and go, ‘Ah, Ok, one time I used sugar instead of salt so I can relate.’ Look, I’m not saying that tragic mistakes will never happen, but what I am saying is that maybe if the police weren’t so quick to draw any weapon then maybe people wouldn’t die because of a...
- 4/13/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
On Monday’s “Daily Show,” host Trevor Noah addressed America’s two latest incidences of police brutality against Black men, both of which occurred against the backdrop of the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. The first is the death of Daunte Wright, who was unarmed when he was shot during a traffic stop near Minneapolis on Saturday night by an officer who says she meant to use her Taser, not her gun; the other is Caron Nazario, an Army lieutenant who was in uniform when he was pepper-sprayed on video for no apparent reason during a traffic stop in Virginia. The officer who pepper-sprayed Lt. Nazario has since been fired.
“You have got to be f—ing kidding me,” Noah said of the shooting of Daunte Wright. “A man was killed at a traffic stop because the police officer mixed up their gun and their Taser?...
“You have got to be f—ing kidding me,” Noah said of the shooting of Daunte Wright. “A man was killed at a traffic stop because the police officer mixed up their gun and their Taser?...
- 4/13/2021
- by Liam Mathews
- Gold Derby
An incredulous Trevor Noah was among Monday’s late-night hosts who addressed the recent police shooting of Daunte Wright, an unarmed Black man who was killed during a traffic stop in Minnesota.
Tim Gannon, the police chief in Minneapolis suburb Brooklyn Center, told reporters on Monday that 20-year-old Wright had been pulled over for expired registration tags on his car, which led to the discovery that Wright had a warrant out for his arrest. As the cops attempted to detain Wright, the man got back into his car, and police officer Kim Potter shot him; Wright drove several blocks before crashing into another vehicle,...
Tim Gannon, the police chief in Minneapolis suburb Brooklyn Center, told reporters on Monday that 20-year-old Wright had been pulled over for expired registration tags on his car, which led to the discovery that Wright had a warrant out for his arrest. As the cops attempted to detain Wright, the man got back into his car, and police officer Kim Potter shot him; Wright drove several blocks before crashing into another vehicle,...
- 4/13/2021
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
On Day 11 of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial for the murder of George Floyd, Stephen Colbert lamented that “sadly, we’re back where we started,” with “another Black man…killed by police.”
The Late Night host was referring, in his opening monologue, to the officer-involved shooting of Daunte Wright on Sunday, in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center. The 20-year-old was killed after cooperating in a routine traffic stop, just a few miles from the courthouse where Chauvin is being tried.
“The cops determined that he had a warrant out for his arrest, and then as the police tried to detain him, he stepped back into his car, at which point an officer shot him,” Colbert explained. “Angry citizens protested all last night in front of the police station.”
Certainly, he suggested, the protests would not likely subside, with Minneapolis locals learning of the police’s official...
The Late Night host was referring, in his opening monologue, to the officer-involved shooting of Daunte Wright on Sunday, in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center. The 20-year-old was killed after cooperating in a routine traffic stop, just a few miles from the courthouse where Chauvin is being tried.
“The cops determined that he had a warrant out for his arrest, and then as the police tried to detain him, he stepped back into his car, at which point an officer shot him,” Colbert explained. “Angry citizens protested all last night in front of the police station.”
Certainly, he suggested, the protests would not likely subside, with Minneapolis locals learning of the police’s official...
- 4/13/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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