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A crowd erupted in cheers outside the Hennepin County Courthouse on Thursday as the two guilty verdicts were announced in former police officer Kimberly Potters manslaughter trial for shooting Daunte Wright.

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

Jury finds former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter guilty of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in shooting death 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.

Potter has been convicted on first- and second-degree manslaughter charges.

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

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (AP) — Jurors on Thursday convicted a suburban Minneapolis police of...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser was convicted of manslaughter Thursday in the death of Daunte Wright, prompting tears

A possible hung jury still looms over the Kim Potter trial as day three of deliberations closed with no conviction on Wednesday. 

People outside the Hennepin County Government Center react as a jury finds former police officer Kim Potter, 49, guilty on two counts of manslaughter over the April 2021 shooting death of Daunte Wright, 20, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Potter claimed she thought she was using her Taser when she show Wright with a handgun.