UPDATE MARCH 16, 2022:
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — The mayor of the Minneapolis suburb where Daunte Wright was killed by an officer who said she mistook her handgun for her Taser said Tuesday that a memorial to the Black motorist will stay in place. Brooklyn Center Mayor Michael Elliot told WCCO-AM that the memorial would stay at the intersection where Wright was killed by former officer Kim Potter. Elliot called the intersection a sacred spot. The 20-year-old Wright was killed April 11. Potter, the white former police officer convicted of manslaughter, was sentenced last month to two years in prison. Lawyers for Wright’s family say they will work with the city to create a permanent memorial.
MARCH 14, 2022:
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Plans to take down a memorial at the suburban Minneapolis intersection where Daunte Wright was fatally shot by a police officer are on hold after his family complained. Wright’s mother, Katie Wright, said she, her husband, and the family’s attorney will meet with Brooklyn Center officials on Tuesday (March 15, 2022). She told the Star Tribune that the memorial is “not hurting anybody but it will hurt a lot of people taking it down.” Daunte Wright was killed on April 11, 2021, after Brooklyn Center officers pulled over the 20-year-old Black man for having expired license tags and an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror. Kim Potter said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she shot Wright. She was sentenced last month to two years in prison.
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