Based on that evidence, it was true that Potter was roughly five or six years into her policing career when Wright was born, pending her exact start date in 1995. A representative confirmed he was born on Oct. With that information, we reached out to the medical examiner’s office in Hennepin County, where the shooting occurred, to determine Wright’s birthdate. Citing state records, The Star Tribune reported she was first licensed as a Minnesota officer that year, too, at age 22. Soon afterwards, the state agency that investigates police officers’ use of deadly force (the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension) issued a statement identifying the officer as Kim Potter.Īdditionally, that document confirmed she began her career with the Brooklyn Center Police Department 26 years ago, or in 1995.
Then, he was shot, and police said his car drove several blocks before crashing into another vehicle nearby. Moments before his death, the officers’ body-camera footage showed police approaching his vehicle from different sides, as Wright moved in the driver’s seat. He was facing two misdemeanor charges after Minneapolis police cited him in June 2020 for carrying a pistol without a permit and trying to evade their orders.) (Minnesota court records obtained by Snopes showed a judge issued a warrant for Wright weeks earlier, on April 2, after he missed a court appearance.
Before his resignation, Gannon told reporters that officers initially pulled him over for expired license license-plate tags and, when they ran his name through their background software, they realized he had a warrant for his arrest.
Below we lay out evidence, including government records, to substantiate that conclusion.īut, first, let us lay out the facts of Wright’s death. While no evidence definitively confirmed or debunked Crump’s underlying assertion that the police officer “knew exactly what she was doing” when she killed Wright, the above-listed statements were factual - including the assertion regarding the aftermath of Dimock-Heisler’s death.