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Lawyers representing the family of Daunte Wright announced a settlement with the city of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, in connection to the 20-year-old being killed by a police officer during a traffic stop last year.
The family will receive $3.25 million as part of the settlement, which has not yet been finalized, and the city’s police agreed to implement policy changes on how officers are trained for traffic stops related to “equipment violations” that do not pose a risk to others’ safety.
KIM POTTER SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR SHOOTING OF DAUNTE WRIGHT
“The comprehensive settlement in this tragic case will provide a meaningful measure of accountability to the family for their deep loss of a son, sibling and father, and they hope and believe the measure of change to policing, policies and training will create important improvements to the community in Daunte’s name,” said Antonio Romanucci, a lawyer representing the family. “Nothing can bring him back, 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.”
The settlement is the third-largest settlement for a civil rights wrongful death case in the state’s history, according to the family’s attorneys. However, the settlement will not be finalized until a deal on “substantial and meaningful non-monetary relief” is reached. Such nonmonetary relief is expected to include proposed training on officer intervention, implicit bias, de-escalation, weapon identification, and mental crises, the family’s legal team said.
Wright was shot and killed by now-former officer Kim Potter in April 2021 after being pulled over for a traffic violation related to an expired registration tag on his vehicle.
The settlement announcement comes four months after a judge sentenced Potter to two years in prison with a chance of early supervised release following her guilty verdict on two manslaughter charges last December. The sentence is significantly lighter than the 25-year sentence and $50,000 fine she could have faced if given the maximum sentence for both counts.
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A jury found Potter guilty on both charges on Dec. 23, 2021, after four days of deliberation. Potter had pleaded not guilty.
Wright was killed after officers attempted to arrest him during the traffic stop. Wright attempted to flee, at which point Potter shot him. She said she thought she had drawn her stun gun instead of her firearm, and body camera footage showed she was repeatedly yelling “Taser!”
