US cop to face manslaughter over shooting

Updated April 15 2021 - 3:34am, first published 3:28am
Kim Potter fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in Minneapolis suburb.
Kim Potter fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in Minneapolis suburb.

A US police officer who fatally shot a black man during a scuffle that followed a routine traffic stop in Minnesota will be charged with second-degree manslaughter, authorities say.

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