A Minnesota prosecutor has charged a white former suburban Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright with second-degree manslaughter.

Washington County Attorney Pete Orput's announcement that he charged 48-year-old Kim Potter came a day after she resigned from the Brooklyn Center Police Department.

The former police chief has said that Potter intended to use her Taser on Wright but fired her handgun instead.

However, protesters and Wright’s family members say the shooting shows how the justice system is tilted against Blacks, noting Wright was stopped for expired car registration and ended up dead.

Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott says the city was getting ready to fire Potter when she resigned two days after the shooting.

Potter had worked for the police department for 26 years. 

The shooting ignited days of protests and unrest. It happened while the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, in the death of George Floyd is progressing.

Minnesota Prosecutor Charges Former Police Officer in Daunte Wright Shooting

(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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