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Chauvin and now guilty on both counts the manslaughter convictions of officer kim potter here. and we heard a lot from people in minneapolis in omar's reporting about finally they feel they're seeing accountability. >> reporter: and i've been trading texts with people in the community, some of the folks who were calling for the firing of kim potter immediately after they learned she had shot and killed daunte wright. if you saw me looking down, that's what was going on. i want to read the cheering from one activist who said, i am absolutely overwhelmed and joyful. full justice would be having ...

Doing, and they found that this was just a grossly reckless and unreasonable use of a firearm even for someone who society has entrusted to have one. >> thank you, all, very much. stay where you are. we have a lot more to talk about. we're also waiting for the family of daunte wright to speak. we'll bring you that live. prosecutors also expected to speak in moments. we'll bring you that press conference right after a short break. rgiveness... [echoing] claim forgiveness-ness, your home premium won't go up just because of this. (woman) wow, that's something. (burke) you get a whole lot of somet...

Those worries are far behind these people. this is a process that many people sometimes lose faith in if they take a very pessimistic attitude going in, and there was a lot of that, especially during the deliberation period of this trial as it stretched on longer and longer. you wouldn't be able to tell looking at this crowd here. as celebratory as it is at this moment, a little later is when we expect to hear from the family of daunte wright, as well as htheir attorneys, and that will likely strike a many more somber tone. the day before christmas eve, two days before christmas, this is a fam...

I'm very mindful today that there will be an empty chair at the wright family dinner during the holidays, and 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 daunte's death, we have a degree of accountability for daunte's death. accountability is not justice. justice is restoration. justice would be restoring daunte to life and making the wright family whole again. justice is beyond the reach that we have in this life for daunte...

Discharged this firearm -- >> hold that thought. i'm sorry to interrupt, i just want to get to this press conference outside of the courthouse. let's listen in here. >> at 20, daunte could have gone into anything. maybe he could have gone into the building trade, maybe he could have started a business. what we know is he was a young, new dad and he was so proud of his son daunte jr. we know that he loved his mom and he loved his dad and he loved his siblings, his big, beautiful family. he had his whole life in front of him. he could have become anyone. all of us miss out on who daunte could ha...