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I mean the idea here is even after she shot and killed 20-year-old daunte wright, you heard her through her own police camera saying, oh, my god, and she was talking about the reaction to it. it was very clear that she believed that she had made a tragic mistake and was going to cost her her own freedom and end up in jail. so there was already this notion of this person believing understanding what had gone wrong but i think the jurors look at this case, again, two things could be true. that they could be sympathetic towards here and the idea that being a tragic mistake, but we prosecute mista...

Breaking news tonight, guilty verdicts in the manslaughter trial of former police officer kim potter, convicted on two counts of manslaughter in the shooting death of daunte wright. omar jimenez has been updating the trial and tell us what happened. >> reporter: well, wolf, when the verdict was read, daunte wright's mother burst into tears and kim potter stood there motionless. it was later on that write's mother said today we've gotten accountability and that is what we've been asking for from the very beginning. there was also celebration outside of the courthouse when the verdict was read a...

Wright, a father and son and family member. and when you move forward and talk about the factors playing into sentencing, we are expecting to hear victim paktd statements where members of family will detail how this has devastated their family dynamic and it is likely to going to be something that will play in the sentencing when we get there in mid-february. but something that the father said, he said i don't usually speak much, this is after the verdict. but he said one thing that he wanted to make clear, there was a lot of nights they didn't know how they would get through. but that they lo...

Conduct because you have 26 years of experience and know that the distinction between a firearm and a taser, in the event you were careless and make a mistake and take someone's life, that is tragic and also criminal and that is what the jury said. so i think today is a big moment because notwithstanding what this jury looks like and what daunte wright looked like, this jury fought and tuggled and went after each other but they reached a conclusion that was consistent with the law based on the facts in this case and that is a really big deal. >> unanimous decision. i at one point thought maybe...

Consensus, i think we're all thinking that potentially there was the opportunity for a hung jury. but again, when she took the stand, she really confirmed the elements that needed to be proven, by the prosecution to carry their burden of proof. remember, this case did not involve a requirement to prove intent. so two things could be true here, wolf. you could be sympathetic toward her and think that she did not intend to kill daunte wright, and that she did mistake her firearm for a taser. and you could also prove that she did something that requires criminal culpability under two theories, re...