National Geographic - USA (2022-01)

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Brooklyn Center, Minnesota PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID GUTTENFELDER


convicted of murdering
George Floyd. Wright,
20, had an outstanding
warrant, so police
moved to detain him.
When Wright stepped
back into his driver’s
seat, Officer Kimberly
Potter shot him, claim-
ing she mistook her
gun for her Taser. She
has been charged with
manslaughter.

People protesting
the shooting death of
Daunte Wright kneel
outside the police
department in Brook-
lyn Center. Wright,
who was Black, was
stopped by police for
an expired car registra-
tion during the nearby
trial of former police
officer Derek Chauvin,
who eventually was
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