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The former Brooklyn Center officer is charged with two counts of manslaughter in the April 2021 shooting of Wright during a traffic stop.

WBAL Radio 1090 AM - Outcome reached in Kim Potter trial for Daunte Wright's death

The conviction of Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter on charges of first- and second-degree manslaughter Thursday was received with relief, with many calling for continued accountability for police officers' actions.

Time. of course the prosecution will turn to the defense and ask to see if a plea deal could be made. but you could see, especially all of us that watched officer potter take the stand, she is so anguished over this. maybe she will decide she cant take the stand a second time, because obviously thats very clear. the defense in her case, she was so anguished, so upset, so authentic, when she relived the moments of april 11th when she shot and killed mr. wright. i think we are looking at the circu...

Cases that involve death, they are very serious charges. it is customary for defendants to be taken into custody upon guilty verdicts with those levels of crimes. we dont think this case should be different. your honor, we have also learned the defendant is not living in the state. i dont know if that was known and provided for in the original conditions of release, but it presents obviously an aggravating factor for allowing her to remain out of custody. so we are requesting that the state rema...

Officer. lets check back in with garrett denny what is the scene they are? >> you can hear behind us here in the back of the courthouse this crowd chanting "daunte wright." when that verdict was read in court and the crowd got word of it, it erupted into cheers, similar to what we saw when the verdict was announced in the trial of derek chauvin. a lot of happy folks here today, because the justice they say they have been calling for -- what was interesting, kim potter, is that verdict was read i...

Someone over in the mist of a global pandemic for something so petty? and instead of treating daunte wright like a human being, we saw that he was gunned down, ultimately, by kim potter. i think the jury made the right decision in this case and we are elevating that there will be a cut —— celebrating that there will be accountability, yet morning for the family of daunte wright, who will have a empty chair at the holidays. for the second year, this will be a powerful reminder, wont it? at le...

Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed daunte wright during a traffic stop in april. she mistook her taser for a handgun, and she was convicted of both counts. first degree manslaughter, reckless handling of a firearm, punishable by a 15 years. she was found guilty. the second charge, second-degree manslaughter, that she caused daunte wrights death by culpable negligence, that carries a penalty of ten years. she is also found guilty on that count. now kim potter goes into custody. the ju...

Husband. she shouted, "i love you back" and she was taken out as she is going to be held without bail until her sentencing next month. the mother of daunte wright continued to cry but now embraced by the prosecutors. we just heard from her a few moments ago as she walked away. she simply said they had been ask asking for accountability from the beginning and that is what they got today. >> the defense asked if she could be allowed to go home awaiting sentencing and the judge rejected that. we he...

Phi philando castile, you know, what happened to daunte wright, what happened to, of course, george floyd, and many more in between, unfortunately. what is your message to the public if the jury reaches a decision that you do not believe is just or on the perhaps maybe unlikely hood or likelihood that one is not reached at all? is there a message you want to convey to the community about what this would mean to your clients, the family, of daunte wright? >> you know, with respect to the communit...