The BCA also noted that “This remains an active and ongoing investigation,” and that “The BCA has been and will continue to work with the Washington County Attorney’s Office as the case progresses.”

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As The Root previously reported, Potter, along with Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon, resigned from the force Tuesday amid outrage over the shooting, but police officials maintain that Wright’s death was an accident.

So we’re looking at another uphill battle with hopes that some semblance of justice will be the result. Of course, while we’re currently witnessing the convention of blue-on-Black gaslighting and victim-blaming that is the Chauvin trial, those of us who are tired of the extrajudicial executions of Black people at the hands of police are going to have a tough time finding the energy to sit through another trial that may or may not end in a guilty verdict.

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The people are already exhausted, and if Wright’s story has taught us anything, it’s that all the protesting in the world doesn’t seem to deter cops from being excessive in the way they deal with Black suspects.