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Been reached in the trial of former police officer kim potter. at least we think its a verdict. we expect that verdict, if it is a verdict, to be read in court at any moment. potter faces manslaughter charges in the fatal shooting of 20-year-old daunte wright during a traffic stop in brooklyn center in april. she testified that she meant to pull her taser but accidentally grabbed her gun instead. the jury has been sequestered during deliberations so all eyes were on that court for some sort of o...

Devices at the time she shot and killed daunte wright. the defense said daunte wrights death was his own fault, that he created the environment for his own risk. well see what the jury decided. >> we just saw kim potter and her attorney stand, which we presume means the jury has arrived. the judge is about to speak. >> will the deputy please retrieve the verdict forms and provide it to me for review. would ms. potter please rise. im now going to read your verdicts as it will appear in

Thank you for your sacrifices. i wish you all a wonderful holiday season and may the peace and beauty of the season be yours throughout the year. at this time i would like you to go into your waiting courtroom and ill be in in just a moment. i would like to thank you personally and to answer any questions that you have. okay? >> just to repeat what we saw there, breaking news, kim potter, the brooklyn center police officer who killed daunte wright during a traffic stop, was found guilty of both ...

Outcome? >> you know, i thought the prosecution put on a good case. it was a tough case. it was a case where there was a mistake. there was no indication that officer potter intended to kill daunte wright. but it was a mistake that took a young mans life. and when youre talking about an officer who is on the force longer than mr. wright was alive, and then you look at her experience and her training, i do think this was a verdict that was commensurate with the facts. for the first degree charge,...

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

Guilty of first degree manslaughter and guilty of second degree manslaughter. she was notably unemotional as the verdict was read. remember, there was talk about what she said in the moments after shooting daunte wright, "im going to prison, im going to prison." she knew this was an outcome possibility for her. and this is what happened. she did make the sign of the cross at one point. but again, notably not emotional as those verdicts were read. you know, ive spoken to a lot of on-air legal ana...

What we think crimes are and what a violent defendant is. shes a violent defendant. shes a police officer who may have served honorably and ably for a long time, but she committed a violent crime and will be treated as such. if the law is treated honestly and fairly, she will be handled that way and sentenced to the appropriate law. >> back to what was said, we hold you in high regard, we also hold you to higher standards. josh campbell, you have some information on other aggregating factors the...

The public because she fired her weapon, daunte wrights vehicle went careening out of control and could have injured other people. obviously the defense will present mitigating factors to try to convince the court, katy, that that type of sentencing shouldnt imposed on kim potter. we do know in minnesota shes probably looking at anywhere between 7 to 9 years in prison. she obviously doesnt have a prior record. what was startling is for a that i am potter doesnt even live in minnesota anymore, wh...

You can play everyone out. would hillary clinton have gotten into politics, is a good example. would john mccain -- by the way, al gore could not have run in 2004. >> there might have been a constitutional question about that. im up against a hard break. as a former network guy, you get this. its a pleasure to partner with you on this, jeff greenfield. catch more of jeff and is conversation about some of these what-its on the chuck todd cast. that does it for me. msnbcs coverage continues with k...

Former police officer Kimberly Potter was found guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, a Black motorist she shot during a traffic stop after she said she confused her gun for her Taser.