Katie Wright (centre) stands next to activist Toshira Garraway and her son, Damik Bryant, during a news conference Thursday outside a police station in Downtown Brooklyn, Minn. Daunte Wright’s mother, Katie Wright, said she was injured during her brief detention by one of the officers of the same department after she stopped to record an arrest of a person during a traffic stop. .
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Katie Wright (centre) stands next to activist Toshira Garraway and her son, Damik Bryant, during a news conference Thursday outside a police station in Downtown Brooklyn, Minn. Daunte Wright’s mother, Katie Wright, said she was injured during her brief detention by one of the officers of the same department after she stopped to record an arrest of a person during a traffic stop. .
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BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. – Mother of Daunte Wrightwho was fatally shot by a Minneapolis suburban police officer, said she was injured while being briefly detained by one of the officers of the same department after she stopped to document an arrest of a police officer. people while stopping traffic.
Katie Wright said Thursday she was worried about what Brooklyn Center employees might do to the person in handcuffs when she was dragged over Wednesday night. In April 2021, her 20-year-old son, who was black, was killed during a traffic stop Kim PotterA white officer said she mistook the shotgun for her Taser.
“All I’m doing is my civic duty to come and make sure those kids get home safely to their families because I don’t want what happened to me to happen,” Wright said. out with any other family,” Wright said.
The Associated Press left a message Friday asking if the officer involved would face disciplinary action.
Brooklyn Central Police have released camera video showing an officer crossing multiple lanes on Highway 252 and asking Wright for her driver’s license. Wright refused and told the officer she didn’t need to show him her license because she hadn’t been pulled over.
The officer then pulled her out of the car, took her phone and placed it on the roof before leading her towards the grass median while holding her hand behind her back. Wright said the officer grabbed her so hard that he injured her wrist.
Wright told him her name and said “you guys killed my sons. I’ll video them”, gesturing to the other officers. The officer told Wright he would mail her a ticket and the two went back to their car.
Central Brooklyn police association president Chuck Valleau commended the officer for what he called “the professional response and restraint throughout the incident.”
Along with the video, the Brooklyn Central Police Department released a statement saying the footage was released “in an effort to promote public safety and dispel rumors or widespread unrest.”
Potter shoots Daunte Wright as former Minneapolis police officer Derek ChauvinOur testing was conducted last year in George Floyd’s death and tensions are already high in the region. Wright’s death caused many nights Demonstration in Downtown Brooklyn and revive painful memories of the sometimes violent unrest that erupted after Floyd’s death in May 2020.
Potter, who resigned following the shooting, was convicted in December of manslaughter and sentenced this year two years in prison.
