The jury for the trial of a suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in Daunte Wright’s shooting death began to take shape Wednesday, with nine of the necessary 14 panelists seated, including a woman who said she owns both a gun and a stun gun.
Three were killed and eight were injured in a shooting at a Michigan high school Tuesday, Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter will testify at her trial, and St. Thomas celebrated Native American Heritage Month. Camarae Good has today’s News in :90.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot Daunte Wright will testify at her trial, her attorney said Tuesday as jury selection began with potential panelists being questioned closely about their attitudes on policing, protests and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Jury selection in the trial of Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter began Tuesday, the World Health Organization warned Monday that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus could lead to surges, and 15 positive cases of COVID-19 were reported to the Center for Well-Being. Lane Kennedy has today’s News in :90.
The European Union’s chief executive called for a show of climate leadership, President Joe Biden visited Capitol Hill Thursday morning to push a domestic policy package of $1.75 trillion, and a Minnesota judge has denied a defense request against a former suburban Minneapolis police officer. Patrick Toner has todays News in :90.
Civil litigation attorney Jeff Storms joins TommieMedia’s Joey Swanson on In Depth to discuss Storms’ work representing the families of George Floyd and Daunte Wright and the future of policing.
Hundreds of people turned out Wednesday at Shiloh Temple International Ministries for the public viewing for Daunte Wright and St. Thomas graduate student Olivia DeMeuse died on April 16. Sports Editor Olivia Paradise has today’s News in :90.
Demonstrators have gathered outside the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis every day since the Derek Chauvin trial started on March 29. Scout Mason and Casey Eakins has the story.
A prosecutor said Wednesday that he will charge a white former suburban Minneapolis police officer with second-degree manslaughter for killing 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright in a shooting that ignited days of unrest and clashes between protesters and police.
The police officer who shot Daunte Wright resigned, St. Thomas Racial Justice Initiative held a prayer service and the judge at Derek Chauvin’s trial turned down a defense request to acquit Chauvin. Reporter Ireland Langer has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas campus buildings and services closed at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in response to a 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Minneapolis and St. Paul curfew prompted by protests after Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter fatally shot Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man; Potter resigned Tuesday along with Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon.
A white Minnesota police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb and the city’s chief of police resigned Tuesday.
Brooklyn Center police chief, Tim Gannon described Sunday’s shooting and death of Daunte Wright, 20, as an accidental discharge. All classes and events at St. Thomas were cancelled Monday evening starting after 5pm. Ad/ PR Representative, Sophie Triplett has today’s News in :90.
All classes and events on-campus starting after 5 p.m. are canceled, an alert from St. Thomas Public Safety to the campus community said following Gov. Tim Walz’s announcement of a 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew Monday night for three counties that include Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis and St. Paul.
The Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Wild and Minnesota Timberwolves postponed games scheduled for Monday because of safety concerns following the fatal police shooting of a Black man and the potential for unrest in the area.
