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The passenger in the vehicle of Daunte Wright when he was killed
during a routine traffic stop last year is suing the City of
Brooklyn Center and ex-officer Kim Potter, who fired the fatal
shot.
Alayna Albrecht-Payton, 21 of St. Paul, is seeking more than
$150,000 in damages from April 11, 2021, when Potter claimed she
mistook her firearm as a Taser and shot Wright. The vehicle he
was driving accelerated, lost control and crashed into another
SUV. The lawsuit says Albrecht-Payton was physically injured in
the crash and still suffers from PTSD after watching Wright die
from Potter's unlawful use of a firearm, the lawsuit said.
Potter was later convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a
two-years prison term in June. The city of Brooklyn Center
agreed to pay a $3.25 million settlement to Wright's family.
"Albrecht-Payton was a blameless witness to a horribly traumatic
event, which a lot of people heard her testify to in the felony
trial. And she has suffered some significant and permanent
injuries, including the broken jaw, and the cuts, and just
scared inside and out from this event," her attorney Kathryn
Bennett said in a phone interview Monday.
The law firm representing Brooklyn Center, listed as Kennedy and
Graven Chartered, did not immediately respond to requests for
comment. Bloomington attorney Jason Hiveley, who is representing
Potter, did not return requests for comment.
"Potter endangered Alayna's safety— and that of a fellow
Brooklyn Center police officer assisting with the traffic
stop—when she shot Daunte mere inches away from Alayna and the
other officer," the lawsuit said.
Albrecht-Payton "bore the brunt of the impact" when Wright's
vehicle crashed in the SUV after the shooting.
"Despite her own injuries, Alayna spent the final moments of
Daunte's life desperately trying to save him as he gasped for
air," the lawsuit states. Rather than receive help, responding
officers held Albrecht-Payton at gun point and placed her in
handcuffs."
Potter did not render aid to Albrecht-Payton or Wright, thereby
neglecting her duty as well as failing to communicate with other
officers, the lawsuit said.
"Potter worried only about the consequences to herself. She
walked over to the curb, sat down, and started wailing. She drew
her fellow officers' attention to herself and away from
responding to the crisis she created. Officer [Anthony] Luckey
patted her back as she lay face down on the grass, expressing
her concern that she was 'going to prison.'"
Albrecht-Payton underwent surgery for her broken jaw the week
after the shooting and had four 8-mm screws wire her mouth shut.
She struggles to adjust her now-slanted jaw and her teeth are
not aligned.
In the days after the shooting, she lost her appetite and was
severely malnourished. About two weeks later, she became so
delirious from stress and trauma that she called 911.
"She believed someone was outside the house shooting at her that
morning. Her mother reported that Alayna had not been eating or
drinking for the last four days," the lawsuit states.
The bodily and mental harm she suffered "are a direct and
foreseeable consequence of Potter's negligent conduct." The City
of Brooklyn Center is liable for Potter's conduct as an officer
for the city's police department at the time she shot and killed
Wright
The lawsuit states that Albrecht-Payton replays the images from
the shooting in her head every day.
"She had flashbacks and nightmares about Daunte's death. The bad
dreams came to her every night. They were vivid—like
hallucinations," the lawsuit said.
But she was okay when they wuz robbing liquor stores, doing
drugs and throwing shit at police officers during the riots.
https://www.startribune.com/passenger-girlfriend-of-daunte- wright-sues-kim-potter-for-broken-jaw-ptsd-after-shooting-
crash/600194817/
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