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Ex-Minnesota cop faces hearing in shooting of Daunte Wright

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Kim Potter appeared alongside her attorney at a brief initial appearance Thursday over Zoom. (Photo - GETTY images)

A white former Minnesota police officer has made her first court appearance in the traffic-stop shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright.

Kim Potter appeared alongside her attorney at a brief initial appearance Thursday over Zoom.

She posted $100,000 bond after being arrested Wednesday.

Potter's next court appearance is set for May 17.

The judge reminded Potter that while out on bond she must remain law-abiding, make all court appearances and not possess or transport any firearms or explosives.

She's charged with second-degree manslaughter in what her chief said appeared to be a case of confusing her Taser with her handgun.

Wright's family members, Black community leaders and others are calling for more serious charges.

Friends and family say Wright was a skinny, smiling young man who loved making people laugh and who, after becoming a father in his teens, relished the role of doting young dad.

He also had talked to a mentor about being careful if he was pulled over by police, given the long history of Black men shot by police during traffic stops.

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