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>> im still going to always stand on accountability. i think, again, justice would be daunte being home. justice would be no more names being yelled on our streets, and until that happens, and we dont have to fight anymore, thats when true justice will be. but right now were going to accept accountability. >> reporter: the last person you heard from there was katie bryant, the mother of daunte wright. i also heard from people in the community, some of the same folks who pushed for kimberly potte...

End to the fleeing defendant. and you are forced to make split second decisions and sometimes they are not always the right decision. and so, i dont think those agra valgt factors were as much considered by the jury ace would have considered them had i sat on the panel. again do i think justice was served by juries? absolutely. carley: brian? steve: brian. brian: all right. sean, couple of things. there was a top halfway in the cop when he was pulling away. she obviously didnt want to do it. no ...

The headlines: a former police officer who killed a black man in a routine traffic stop has been found guilty of manslaughter at her trial in minneapolis. kimberly potter mistook her handgun for a taser when she shot daunte wright. a uk government study has shown that people who catch the omicron strain of covid are far less likely to end up in hospital. but there is concern the boosterjab protection begins to wane after ten weeks. ecuador has made it compulsory for everyone aged five or over to...

The design of both the taser and location with respect to the firearm on the dominant and the taser on the nondominant, you should know better. and they concluded that equates to recklessness and negligence. so in summing that up, laura, yes, the juror was shaking, yes the juror was upset. and you may have that sympathy, but you know what the law says and the law compels you to reach a result, and thats what happened here. >> not to mention we talk a lot about the sympathy and the assumptions we...

Covering the trial. talk to us about the reaction in the courtroom when the verdict was read. >> reporter: when the verdict was read, his mother burst into tears as former officer kim potter stood there motionless. it was an emotional moment. at one point, one of the jorz ap -- jurors appeared to be struggling. potters husband yelled, i love you, as she yelled, i love you. daunte wrights father and mother were embracing in a long hug with the prosecution. wrights mother later said that today we ...

The killing of daunte wright was an innocent mistake. i remember yelling, "taser, taser, taser." and nothing happened. and then he told me i shot him. whilst neither side disputed she did not intend to kill daunte wright, the jury decided she acted recklessly on the day in question. we, the jury, on the charge of manslaughter in the first degree, while committing a misdemeanour on or about april 11 2021 in the state of minnesota, find the defendant guilty. they found kimberley potter guilty of c...

Kimberly potter says she thought she was drawing her taser, rather than her handgun, when she shot daunte wright in the chest. the incident occurred at a very sensitive time in the us — not far from the court where white police officer derek chauvin was standing trialfor the murder of a black man george floyd. lets have a listen to kimberly potters tearful evidence in court. i remember yelling "taser, taser, taser!" and nothing happened. and then... he told me i shot him. this is the moment th...

>> we, the jury, on a charge of manslaughter in the first degree find the defendant guilty. >> griff: former minnesota police officer kim potter now held without bail after a jury convicted her yesterday of manslaughter charges. in the shooting death of daunte wright. potter broke down on the stand testified that she mistakenly reached for her gun instead of her taser, when she said right resisted arrest of a traffic stop here so what impact will her conviction has on policing public morale and ...

Holidays. it shows harry and meghan with their son archie and their daughter lilibet, pictured for the first time. and while the queen will doubtless look back on a year touched by personal sadness and some family tensions, she will surely also look to the future, to her platinum jubilee next year, marking her 70 years on the throne and another event which will be of particular significance for her — a service of thanksgiving for the life of the duke of edinburgh, which its been announced will...

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.