Judge rules trial for former Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright can proceed
Former police Officer Kimberly A. Potter was booked into the Hennepin County, Minnesota, jail on April 14, 2021. - Hennepin County Sheriff's Office/TNS

A Minnesota judge ruled Monday that a trial for Kimberly Potter, the former police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April, can proceed. Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu said Monday there was probable cause for Potter’s second-degree manslaughter charge to continue and set a tentative start date for the trial in December. Potter, a 26-year-veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, resigned and was charged in short order in April after shooting Wright, 20, during a traffic stop in the Minneapolis suburb. Monday was Potter’s first court appearance since t...