THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
FOR MID-MORNING I AM SHAYLA
REAVES.
I AM HEATHER BROWN, COURT
APPEARANCE FROM THE OFFICER WHO
SHOT DAUNTE WRIGHT AS PROTEST
CONTINUE OVER HIS DEATH, TO
DOZEN ARRESTED IN BROOKLYN
CENTER AFTER THE CURFEW BEGAN.
KIM POTTER, THE FORMER OFFICER
WHO SHOT DAUNTE WRIGHT WILL
FACE A JUDGE THIS AFTERNOON,
SHE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH
SECOND DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER AND
IS OUT ON BAIL.
FUNERAL WILL BE HELD AT GEORGE
FLOYD SQUARE.
WE ARE WAITING TO FIND OUT WHEN
IT WILL HAPPEN.
OVERALL, AUTHORITIES SAY
THE FOURTH NIGHT OF PROTEST,
WERE CALMER, EVEN THOUGH
EMOTIONS ARE RUNNING HIGH.
FOR SECOND NIGHT IN A ROW
OFFICIALS SAY THERE WAS NO
LOOTING OR FIRES IN BROOKLYN
CENTER, MINNEAPOLIS OR ST.
PAUL.
LAST NIGHT IN BROOKLYN CENTER,
AFTER A FEW DISPERSAL ORDERS A
POLICE PUSHED IN FULL FORCE,
AND CROWDS QUICKLY SCATTERED.
STATE PATROL ESTIMATES 500
PEOPLE WERE OUTSIDE THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT LAST NIGHT WHEN THE
CURFEW FELL.
THEY SAY THE CROWDS STARTED
PULLING ON THE FENCING, LAUNCH
INDUSTRIAL SIZE FIREWORKS THE
POLICE AND THROUGH THINGS AT
THEM LIKE BRICKS AND CANS.
MARIELLE MOHS LIVE THIS MORNING
AT THE BROOKLYN CENTER POLICE
DEPARTMENT, VERY MUCH QUIETER
THIS MORNING.
Reporter: IT IS A LOT
QUIETER, ALL THE DEBRIS AND
LITTER THAT WAS LEFT OVER FROM
LAST NIGHTS PROTEST WAS CLEANED
UP BY THE CITY OF BROOKLYN
CENTER ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.
HOWEVER, THE BARRICADES REMAIN
AROUND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND THE NATIONAL GUARD PRESENCE
IS STILL HERE.
AS YOU MENTIONED, LOOKING AHEAD
TO TODAY, FORMER OFFICER KIM
POTTER EXPECTED TO MAKE HER
FIRST COURT APPEARANCE THIS
AFTERNOON.
CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE
MANSLAUGHTER.
IT COMES AFTER SHE WAS SHOT,
SHE SHOT AND KILLED 20-YEAR-OLD
DAUNTE WRIGHT DURING A TRAFFIC
STOP, THE OFFICER WAS TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY BY THE MINNESOTA
BCA AND BOOKED INTO HENNEPIN
COUNTY JAIL BEFORE BEING
RELEASED AFTER POSTING JAIL,
POSTING BAIL.
AS FAR AS THE MANSLAUGHTER
CHARGE GOES, IT'S DEFINED BY
MINNESOTA LAW IS WHEN SOMEONE
ACTS WITH NEGLIGENCE, CREATING
AN UNREASONABLE RISK THE CAUSES
DEATH OR GREAT BODILY HARM.
I THINK THE PROBABILITY OF
GREAT BODILY HARM IS APPARENT
ON ITS FACE.
MISTAKING A GUN FOR YOUR TASER,
IS THEY ARE CLAIMING IS PRETTY
CLEAR, ESPECIALLY, FROM THE
VIDEO I SAW, SHE WAS 2 TO 3
FEET AWAY.
THE MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE,
DOESN'T REQUIRE INTENTIONAL
CONDUCT, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE SHE
INTENDED TO CAUSE THE DEATH,
SHE INTENDED TO FIRE THE GUN.
JUST THROUGH HER NEGLIGENCE OF
THIS HAPPENED.
Reporter: IF FOUND GUILTY,
SHE COULD FACE UP TO 10 YEARS
IN PRISON.
SHE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE HER
FIRST COURT APPEARANCE AT 1:30
THIS AFTERNOON AND THAT WILL BE
VIRTUALLY OVER ZOOM.
ATTORNEY BEN CRUMP IS
REPRESENTING THE FAMILY OF
DAUNTE WRIGHT, REVEREND AL
SHARPTON IS ORGANIZING THE
FUNERAL.
THEY REACTED OF THE CRIMINAL
CHARGES AGAINST FORMER OFFICER
POTTER.
IT BOGGLES THE MIND, WHY SHE
WOULD PULL HIM OVER IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
IS AT THE RULES SET ASIDE WHEN
YOU HAVE REALLY BEEN TARGETED
WITH DRIVING WHILE BLACK?
MANSLAUGHTER 2 IS THE LEAST SHE
SHOULD GET.
THE LEAST.
POSSIBLY MORE.
AROUND KIM POTTER'S HOME IN
CHAMPLIN, THE STREETS ALIGNED
WITH EVERYTHING FROM BARRICADES
TO SIGNS PUT UP BY POLICE.
OFFICERS HAVE ALSO RAMPED UP
NEIGHBORHOOD PATROLS, THOSE WHO
LIVE NEARBY TELL US THAT SO FAR
THINGS HAVE BEEN QUIET.
PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR THE
BROOKLYN CENTER POLICE
DEPARTMENT SAY THEY'RE GETTING
CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE.
BETWEEN PROTESTERS AND POLICE.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT AT THE STATE
PATROL SAID THIS.
I HAVE NOT SPOKEN ANYONE WHO
LIVES IN THOSE APARTMENTS, AND
I WILL CIRCLE BACK TO WHAT HAS
BEEN BROUGHT UP BEFORE BY THE
COMMISSION AND OTHERS.
THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA,
WHERE THE RIOTOUS BEHAVIOR IS
OCCURRING.
AUTHORITIES FIRE OFF TEARGAS
AND RUBBER BULLETS, THOSE WHO
LIVE NEARBY ARE LEFT TO DEAL
WITH THE RIPPLE EFFECTS.
FEELING CONSTANTLY ON EDGE, TO
THE CHEMICALS SEEPING INTO
THEIR HOME.
RESIDENTS SAY THEY ARE FED UP
WE ARE COUGHING ALL THE TIME.
KNOW PEACE AND LOUD NOISES.
BROOKLYN CENTER'S MAYOR SAYS
THE CITY IS WORKING WITH
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO
OFFER RELIEF TO THE PEOPLE WHO