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Family Of Daunte Wright To Receive $3.2 Million Following His Death At The Hands Of Former Police Officer Kim Potter

<p data-pm-slice&equals;"1 1 &lbrack;&rsqb;">Back in February&comma; former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter was sentenced to two years in prison for tragically killing 20-year-old <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;kim-potter-sentenced-to-two-years-in-prison-for-the-fatal-shooting-of-daunte-wright&sol;">Daunte Wright<&sol;a>—and now Wright’s family has been awarded a multi-million-dollar settlement regarding his death&period; It was just announced that the city of Brooklyn Center&comma; Minnesota has officially agreed to award the family of Daunte Wright &dollar;3&period;2 million for his wrongful death&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&commat;APNews reports&comma; in addition to <u><a class&equals;"ProsemirrorEditor-link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;apnews&period;com&sol;article&sol;death-of-daunte-wright-george-floyd-police-minneapolis-government-and-politics-2e9b5ce25119c99ded5c8c866f936442&quest;taid&equals;62b3363091e1ec0001c756ad&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;TrueAnthem&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;AP&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;Twitter">awarding the family<&sol;a><&sol;u> of Daunte Wright over &dollar;3 million&comma; the suburb of Brooklyn Center has also added various changes to its law enforcement policies and training procedures&comma; specifically regarding traffic stops like the incident that led to Daunte’s death&period; Just after the settlement was declared&comma; the Wright family spoke about the changes they hope will come about to avoid another tragic encounter involving local law enforcement&period; Family members &lpar;via their attorney Anthony M&period; Romanucci&rpar; said they &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;hope and believe the measures of change to policing&comma; policies and training will create important improvements to the community in Daunte’s name&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Romanucci continued&comma; adding &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Nothing can bring him back&comma; but the family hopes his legacy is a positive one and prevents any other family from enduring the type of grief they will live with for the rest of their lives&period;” You’ll recall that back in April 2021&comma; Kim Potter shot and killed Daunte Wright after stopping him for expired tags&period; She then claimed that she was reaching for her taser&comma; but instead drew her gun and shot him in the chest&period; Potter was convicted of first and second-degree manslaughter and is currently serving two years in prison&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After Daunte Wright’s death and the outrage that followed&comma; the Brooklyn Center City Council passed a host of city reform measures&comma; including the use of social workers and other trained professionals to respond to medical&comma; mental health and social-needs calls that don’t require police&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition&comma; the changes also prohibit local police officers from making arrests for low-level offenses and also require the city to use unarmed civilians to handle minor traffic violations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want tea directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <u><a class&equals;"ProsemirrorEditor-link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom">click here to join&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;u><&sol;p>&NewLine; 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