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This is bbc news. im shaun ley. a jury in minnesota has found a former police officer guilty of manslaughter over the shooting of an unarmed black man. during the trial, kim potter said she had mistaken her handgun for a taser when she killed daunte wright during a traffic stop in april. new research released by the british government suggests someone infected with the omicron rather than the delta variant is up to 70% less likely to need hospital treatment. the news comes even as countries acro...

Im very mindful today that there will be an empty chair at the wright family dinner during the holidays. that saddens me, and once again, i extend my deepest condolences to you. with the jury finding kimberly potter guilty today of manslaughter in the first degree and manslaughter in the second degree, in connection with dauntes death, we have a degree of accountability for dauntes death accountability is not justice. justice is restoration. justice would be restoring daunte to life and making t...

Showed overcame the video, which basically showed her, as daunte was over there, shot, bleeding which she was aware of, while he was dying, she didnt render aid or call authorities. she didnt take any affirmative steps to make sure the individual, the passengers or the individuals in the car that daunte wrights car hit were okay. instead, she sat on the ground and cried, im going to jail, oh, my gosh, i. i. i. all fofocus, in the last segmen we were talking about excited utterance, and those wer...

Bail, and that will make it easier to do the presentence report. we will get people sending letters on her behalf, and i would ask for a sentencing sometime -- if you release her, i start a trial january 20th and it should be over by february 20th, or sometime in late february. my gosh, shes got a $100,000 bail. shes not going to commit another crime. shes not going anywhere. thank you. >> okay, mr. frank? >> thank you, your honor. we request that the defendant be taken into custody. the convict...

Im nada tawfik in new york, and this is bbc world news america. in russia, president putin insists on immediate guarantees that nato will not expand further to the east. here in the us, a jury has found former police officer kim potter guilty of manslaughter over the shooting of daunte wright. in hong kong, a statue commemorating the deaths of protesters in beijings tiananmen square has been removed from a university campus. it was one of the few remaining memorials in the city. health officials...

So i wish nothing but the best for her and her family, but the truth is, she will be able to correspond with them and visit with them, no matter what happens, but the wrights wont be able to talk to daunte. >> reporter: two high-profile jury verdicts in this year. what do you think that says about police accountability? >> i think the juries admire police, they respect them, and they want to make sure that high ideals and standards are maintained. >> reporter: pud a state witness testify that th...

Hung jury, then they got this instruction from the judge to go back and try harder. that is why the defense lawyers hate that reconstruction. you can see in this case that those fears proved quite true. there was obviously jurors that did not want to convict her, and over the course of the next day they gradually yielded to the majority. the question, i think, going forward for the court, is how to weigh this case in terms of sentencing. it is indeed an issue of culpable negligence. there is no ...

A former police officer who killed a black man in a routine traffic stop — has been found guilty of manslaughter at her trial in minneapolis. kimberley potter mistook her handgun for a taser when she shot daunte wright. the latest british government data says far fewer people are ending up in hospital with the omicron variant. people infected are 50 to 70 per cent less likely to need hospital care, compared to previous variants. the research also shows that protection from catching covid start...

High profile conviction of a minneapolis area police officer or former police officer that weve seen. of course, back in april it was derek chauvin that was convicted in the murder of george floyd. ellison was asked about that. what kind of message does this send? he said it was clear that juries here hold high standards for police officers and thats the message he wants to be especially resonant when people look back at both of these cases that happened over the course of the year. remember, th...

Reacting to the news outside court. >> every single emotion you could imagine just running through your body at that moment. >> reporter: potter was taken into custody and handcuffed by a sheriffs deputy inside the hennepin county courthouse. this all started back in april, following the traffic stop. this is the item that was dangling from daunte wrights rear view mirror, a car freshener similar to this in the shape of a christmas tree. and this christmas daunte wrights family will be without h...