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Deliver their verdict. 27 hours where they were tucked away, sequestered for their deliberations over the course of four days. so many people have brought up this point about accountability versus justice, how this is not full justice because daunte wright is still dead, he will not be brought back. but how this is accountability for the action and in the words of the jury, the crime that kim potter took when she shot and killed him. so you have a lot of people still digesting it and theres stil...

Was read, but id love for you to tell me what you were thinking when you heard this verdict of guilty on both counts, mr. wright? >> oh, man. what was i thinking? i was thinking, thank you, god. you know, its been -- its been months and months of waiting and praying, you know, wishing and praying for the best. so i was -- we were very happy. although its not were going to bring daunte back, it gives us a little hope. it makes us feel a little bit better knowing that, you know, were one step clos...

Able to process it, we want to thank the entire prosecution team, we want to thank communities, support, everybody whos been out there that has supported us in this long fight for accountability. well, earlier, we spoke to reverendjim bearjacobs whos close to daunte wrights family and also director for racialjustice for the minnesota council of churches. my immediate reaction was one of relief. as the jury deliberations went on, i must admit i began getting a little more sceptical about whether ...

In the us, a former police officer has been found guilty of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of a black motorist. kimberly potter killed daunte wright in the state of minnesota earlier this year. our north america correspondent, david willis, reports. it was a routine traffic stop on a sunday afternoon in april. police in a minneapolis suburb ordered 20—year—old daunte wright from his car and were attempting to arrest him when things went terribly wrong. as daunte wright tried to escape, ...

People unjustly being held accountable. it really is about not just a victory for accountability for daunte wrights family, but it is a victory for america and our quest for equal justice under the law. >> katie what do you want people to know about daunte? >> daunte was my son. he had a smile that would light up the room. he was a father. he was -- he had his whole life ahead of him. and he was taken to soon and we werent able to see what he was going to become, and we were left with memories, ...

♪ experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list event. former minnesota police officer kimberly potter was handcuffed and escorted out of a minnesota courthouse yesterday after being found guilty on two counts of manslaughter. this for the killing of daunte wright. potter says she mistook her firearm for a taser during what was a traffic stop. outside the courthouse, supporters of daunte wright and his family celebrated the verdict. they say they got justice here. joining us now...

And shoot and kill people. speak all right. lets talk about that. the language of the minnesota statute, for first degree manslaughter, says that potter would have had to use such force and violence that death is reasonably foreseeable. a jury said yes to that. why? because they did look at the totality of the circumstances. and how, like you said earlier with his traffic stop, it started with the traffic stop. officer potter said that i would not have pulled over the sky. she said that on cross...

The former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she shot and killed Daunte Wright will be sentenced in February after a jury

In a routine traffic stop has been found guilty of manslaughter at her trial in minneapolis. kimberley 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 10 weeks. the former south korean president park geun—hye is to be granted a pardon by the government. ms park was impeached and remove...

Of engaging community and i think we need a whole scale — a wide scale re—examination of the training and procedures that officers go through. and, obviously, with all of the media surrounding daunte wright and also a number of other cases in america over the last few months, do you think there is the mood in america for change to happen within the police force? i get more and more hopeful with it. here in minneapolis, we saw the guilty verdict return on officer derek chauvin for the killing...