Kim Potter Found Guilty on Both Charges

Former Officer Fatally Shot Daunte Wright, 20

Kim Potter, a former white Minneapolis, Minn. Police officer on Thursday (today) was found guilty of firstdegree manslaughter and second-degree manslaughter charges for fatally shooting Daunte Wright, a young black man during a traffic-stop--that ended in an arrest on April 11, 2021. According to a CNN report, jurors deliberated for about 27 hours over the course of four days: ...

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