Jury finds Kim Potter guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright
A suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright.
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A suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright.
Jurors on Thursday convicted a former suburban Minneapolis police officer of two manslaughter charges in the killing of Daunte Wright, a Black motorist she shot during a traffic stop. The mostly white jury deliberated for about four days before finding former Brooklyn Center Officer Kim Potter guilty of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter. Potter, 49, faces…
A suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright.
A jury has convicted a former suburban Minneapolis police officer of first- and second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, prompting tears from the young Black man's parents and a celebration by supporters outside the courthouse.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her...