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

A veteran former Minnesota police officer has been found guilty of manslaughter, for the fatal shooting of a black motorist in April

The jury has reached a verdict in the Kim Potter trial after days of deliberation. Follow Newsweeks blog for the latest.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — 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

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

Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter was found guilty of both first-degree and second-degree manslaughter charges in the fatal April shooting of Daunte Wright.

The jury reached a "trial outcome" Thursday in the manslaughter trial of suburban Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter, who shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright after she says she mistook her gun for her Taser.

The former Minnesota police officer appeared to mistakenly draw her firearm instead of her Taser when she fatally shot the 20-year-old Black man during a traffic stop in April.

A former US police officer was found guilty Thursday of manslaughter after she shot dead a young African-American man, claiming she mistook her gun for her Taser during a traffic stop.

Potter faced first- and second-degree manslaughter charges in the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man.