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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright will be sentenced in February after a jury convicted her Thursday on two counts of manslaughter.

Steve Rogers slammed the guilty verdict reached by jurors in the manslaughter trial of Kim Potter Thursday, saying it would have a chilling effect on cops across the nation.

On Thursday, jurors convicted suburban Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter of two manslaughter charges in the killing of Daunte Wright, a black motorist she shot during a traffic stop after she said she confused her gun for her taser. The mostly white jury deliberated for about four days before finding former officer Potter guilty of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter. The 49-year-old Potter faces about seven years in prison on the most serious count under the state's sentencing ...

On Thursday, jurors convicted suburban Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter of two manslaughter charges in the killing of Daunte Wright, a black motorist she shot during a traffic stop after she said she confused her gun for her taser. The mostly white jury deliberated for about four days before finding former officer Potter guilty of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter. The 49-year-old Potter faces about seven years in prison on the most serious count under the state's sentencing ...

If 2020 was the year of the riot, 2021 was the year of the jury trial, the year when Americans quietly and directly asserted the rule of law.

Jury finds Kim Potter guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright

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On Thursday, jurors convicted suburban Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter of two manslaughter charges in the killing of Daunte Wright, a black motorist she shot during a traffic stop after she said she confused her gun for her taser. The mostly white jury deliberated for about four days before finding former officer Potter guilty of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter. The 49-year-old Potter faces about seven years in prison on the most serious count under the state's sentencing ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Defendants spoke directly to jurors in a series of recent high-profile trials, defying conventional wisdom that the risks of taking the