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Kimberly Potter was a police officer in the Brooklyn Center Police Department in Minnesota. On April 11, 2021, Potter shot and killed Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop. According to reports, Potter and another officer stopped Wright for an expired registration tag on his vehicle. They discovered there was a warrant out for Wright's arrest for a gross misdemeanor weapons charge. As they tried to take him into custody, Wright attempted to get back into his car. Potter, who said she mistook her handgun for her Taser, pulled out her firearm and fired a single shot, hitting Wright in the chest. Wright drove away but crashed a few blocks away and died at the scene. Potter later resigned
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