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Minnesota police officer convicted of manslaughter in fatal shooting

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

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

Kim Potter, a former Brooklyn Center police officer, has been found guilty of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the deadly 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.

Ex-officer Kim Potter shot black driver Daunte Wright in the chest in Minneapolis, not far from where the George Floyd murder trial was being held.

Jurors have convicted a suburban Minneapolis police officer of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright.

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

Star Tribune/Getty Images(MINNEAPOLIS) -- Former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter has been found guilty of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright. Potter had pleaded not guilty. The maximum sentence for first-degree manslaughter is 15 years and a $30,000 fine, and for second-degree manslaughter, it's 10 years and a $20,000 fine. In a statement, the Wright family's legal team said the family is "relieved." They called for re...

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