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I understand that they wrestled with it long and hard. i guess there were a couple that were holding out for acquittal. the other -- the ten or nine or whatever it might have been were able to convince them that this should be a conviction. i have to tell you, realizing that daunte wrights family feels justified and this is the right verdict, i dont know this is a good verdict for the criminal justice system if we hold cops to this level of criminal liability with what was obviously a horrible a...

The family of Daunte Wright says the conviction of former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter in Wright's death is a "bittersweet" moment

And minnesota attorney general keith elson who led the prosecution in both efforts said this sent a message that juries want to hold police officers to high standards. and he said for law enforcement this shouldnt be seen as a symbol of shame but instead as a moment to restore trust through accountability. he added, though, as we heard frank mason say, this isnt full justice. because at the end of the day potter still was able to correspond and speak with her family. daunte wright cannot. >> in ...

Since May of last year, 1,646 people have been killed by the police, according to the nonprofit Mapping Police Violence.

Family members says they're happy about the guilty verdict for the former police officer, who fatally shot Wright in April. But they say it's not true justice.

Things went terribly wrong. as daunte wright tried to escape, the officer wearing the body camera threatened to but only once she pulled the trigger did she realise she had mistaken her gun for a taser. kimberley potter was arrested three days after daunte wright died of a single gunshot wound to the chest. the killing occurred just a few miles from where another minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, was standing trial, and sparked fresh unrest from the city still reeling from the death of ...

Kerem Yucel/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The parents of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man killed by police during a chaotic traffic stop in Minnesota earlier this year, spoke out after a former officer was convicted of manslaughter in his death. Katie Bryant, Wright's mother, said she could "never forgive" former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter, who was found guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter charges Thursday. "When they read first guilty my heart d...

The family of Daunte Wright says the conviction of former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter in Wright's death is a "bittersweet" moment

Family members says they're happy about the guilty verdict for the former police officer, who fatally shot Wright in April. But they say it's not true justice.

Family members says they're happy about the guilty verdict for the former police officer, who fatally shot Wright in April. But they say it's not true justice.