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Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who drew a gun instead of a Taser and fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, was found guilty Thursday of first- and second-degree manslaughter in the young Black man’s death.
Potter, who displayed no emotion as the verdicts were read, was ordered held without bail. One of her lawyers rested his head on his hands at the defense table.
Wright’s parents, Arbuey Wright and Katie Bryant, let out sighs and cries, according to a pool report.
Jurors deliberated about 27 hours since Monday, when, in closing arguments, a prosecutor described Potter’s actions as a tragic blunder born of recklessness or negligence and the defense characterized the shooting as an honest mistake, not a crime.
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Article URL : https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/23/us/kim-potter-trial-thursday/index.html