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Hennepin county, state of minnesota, find the defendant guilty. >> outside the courthouse a crowd of a few dozen people celebrated when that verdict was read. a short time ago, minnesota attorney general keith ellison whose office prosecuted the case said this outcome is an important step towards justice. >> with the jury finding kimberly potter guilty today of manslaughter in the first degree and man slaughter in the second degree, we have a degree of accountability for duantes death. accountab...

"your world" starts right now. >> neil: guilty on both counts. kim potter found guilty of first degree manslaughter for the reckless use of a firearm and second degree manslaughter, all of this in the fatal april shooting death of duante wright in brooklyn center, minnesota. the fallout from the results a few saw coming. welcome. im neil cavuto. this is "your world." making sense out of a jurys decision that nows that the culprit in this case, kim

Date for that hearing and at that time we will make our appropriate arguments within the context of the court hearing. we have a date, do we not? >> gillian: youre listening live to the direct attorney in minneapolis speaking in the conviction of kim potter in the trial of duante wright. i want to bring in jonathan turley, fox news contributor. what the attorney general will is saying underscores a point that you made, which at least for the wright family, this brings a clear sense of justice in...

The >> mike: mercedes colwin, thank you for your time and analysis this afternoon. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure, thanks for having me. >> jacqui: former minneapolis police officer kim potter found guilty in our challenges all charges, firstdegree and second-degree manslaughter. >> mike: >> thanks. good afternoon. im gillian turner in washington in for martha maccallum today. right now on "the story," former minnesota police officer kim potter found guilty on all charges, both first degree an...

At the verdict. it is a kind of verdict that, you know, none of us really expected, especially manslaughter in the first degree. this woman clearly didnt intend to cause any harm to duante wright. but we know what the law is and the law talks about recklessness and culpable negligence. she was negligent. no doubt about it. but this case like a lot of cases, the shock that she displayed at the time right after she realized she shot him and even before when she says taser, taser, taser indicates t...

Potter, sitting and waiting maybe for a month or more in jail as she finds out what her final sentence will be. lets go to garrett tenney in minneapolis with the latest. garrett? >> there was a lot of emotion surrounding this verdict. after more than 27 hours of deliberation, this jury of six men and six women found kim potter guilty of first degree and second degree man slaughter. in the courtroom, duante wrights mother started crying as the verdict was read. one of the jurors was visibly emoti...

Manslaughter. guess what? the jury sent a message to the entire country that they felt -- i looked back at the language in the first degree manslaughter. gillian, it says the jury found that mrs. potter used such force and violence that death was reasonably foreseeable. thats what this jury found. that is a massive message to the country and to police practices across this country. that if you make a mistake in a nonsplit second decision, youre going to have to suffer criminal consequences. this...

I live in pacific palisades, im an actor, a congresswoman. i never thought this would affect me. when you lose deterrence, things happen. the language matters. i was listening to the carjacking described as a joy ride. when you put a gun to somebody and you steal their car and their valuables and you get in it and you drive off, that is not a joy ride. im sorry. >> gillian: victor, we have to leave it there. >> thats important. when the attorney -- >> gillian: were heading -- >> i understand the...

The reason that all of us were all over the board on this is we were all dealing with a standard that could be anything. half the people were talking as if simple negligence would do it. the other half seemed to be requiring an intentional act. that is a problem with the law. >> so to get in to that a little bit deeper as i understand it, the prosecution didnt need to establish intent for these charges, man 1 or man 2. based on what the judge told me, sounds like the jury probably was not suppos...

Decision was correct based on the four corners of what was going on in the courtroom. now, of course -- go ahead. >> gillian: i was going to say, kim potter as you pointed out showed a lot of incredible remorse, amount of remorse on the stand. she reportedly showed remorse on the scene in real time after she shot duante wright, too. what were they instructed about that? >> you know, i dont know what the judge instructed. i know as a judge myself, i would tell them that you cannot in any way, sha...