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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 437 - Kim Potter, Earle Brown, the KKK, and the murder of Daunte Wright

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Since yesterday we've learned so much more not only about the officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright, but about the deeply racist origins of the town where he was killed.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today I'm going to continue to talk about the murder of Dante Wright and we've now learned

0:05.8

a lot about the officer who shot and killed him, Kim Potter, who's been on the force for

0:11.6

over 25 years and is literally the head of the local police union is a trainer of officers

0:18.8

and we just learned that she was literally training someone the day that she shot and

0:23.6

killed Dante.

0:24.6

And so I want to unpack and explain it including telling you something that I just learned moments

0:30.5

ago about the town Brooklyn Center where Dante was also shot and killed it was literally

0:37.9

founded by a clan leader.

0:40.6

Let me unpack and explain it.

0:42.2

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