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Unrest in the minneapolis suburb of brooklyn center. today, a different reaction outside the courthouse in minneapolis. >> we've been fighting for a long time. it's bye-bye a long nine months. >> reporter: wright's mother, katie bryant, who tearfully testified during the trial, thanked the community for their support. >> today minnesota has shown that police officers are not going to continue to pull their gun instead of their taser, and we made this happen. >> reporter: potter will be sentenced in february. she faces up to 15 years in prison for the most serious charge, but could end up servi...

Into custody. >> accountability is not justice. but accountabiity is an important step. >> reporter: the former minnesota police officer claimed she mistakenly fired her gun... >> i shot him. >> reporter: ...thinking it was her taser during a traffic stop in april. >> i shot him! oh, my god! i'm going to go to prison! >> reporter: the prosecution argued potter, a 26-year veteran, acted recklessly and with culpable negligence in drawing the wrong weapon, killing duante wright. during her testimony last week, potter said the shooting was an accident and broke down on the stand. >> you didn't run...

This on social media-- unvaccinated people are seeing vaccinated people and boosted people testing positive, they're saying what's the point? dr. lapook, what is the point? >> reporter: the point is you still may get infected if you're vaxed and boosted, but you are much less likely to get seriously ill. that's the point. >> yuccas: it's a good point. dr. jon lapook, thank you. breaking news this afternoon. a minneapolis jury has found former police officer kim potter guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of duante wright. the verdict came after nearly 30 hours of deliberations. david s...