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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kim Potter, a former police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, was convicted of manslaughter Thursday in the April 11 shooting death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, a Black

Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter shot Mr Wright during a traffic stop after she said she confused her gun for her Taser.

Jury deliberations in the Kim Potter trial head to a fourth day as jurors decide whether to convict the former Brooklyn Center police officer of manslaughter in the traffic stop shooting death of Daunte Wright.

A key Ramsey County prosecutor has quit because he feels his office is too soft on offenders. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reported Wednesday that Richard Dusterhoft resigned earlier this

Kim Potter fatally shot Daunte Wright April 11, 2021 during a traffic stop over air fresheners hanging from the rearview mirror.

Jurors on Thursday convicted a suburban Minneapolis police officer 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.

Potter gave emotional testimony in her own defense, saying she meant to grab her Taser instead of her gun.

Kim Potter fatally shot Daunte Wright April 11, 2021 during a traffic stop over air fresheners hanging from the rearview mirror.

The jury at suburban Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter’s manslaughter trial for the killing of Black motorist Daunte Wright has completed its third day of deliberations without reaching a verdict.

Jurors have convicted Kim Potter of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright.