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Dec 23, 2021 · The jury deliberated across four days before agreeing on guilty verdicts for Kimberly Potter, a 49-year-old white woman who testified that she had never fired her gun in her 26 years on the police ...
Dec 23, 2021 · The jury deliberated across four days before agreeing on guilty verdicts for Kimberly Potter, a 49-year-old white woman who testified that she had never fired her gun in her 26 years on the police ...
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To convict Potter of first-degree manslaughter, prosecutors had to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Potter caused Wright’s death while recklessly handling her firearm — which was defined as consciously, intentionally creating a substantial, unjustifiable risk that she was aware of and disregarded. On the second-degree manslaughter charge, prosecu...
The shooting happened after Potter and a police trainee, Officer Anthony Luckey, pulled Wright over after Luckey noticed a car in the left turning lane with its blinker signaling a right turn. Then he noticed the car had an air freshener hanging from the rearview mirror — which is technically illegal — and expired registration tabs. Potter testifie...
Downtown Minneapolis was quiet Thursday, with a more business-as-usual vibe as the city braced for the verdict in a case that sparked protests and looting last spring. Wright was shot by Potter on a Sunday afternoon as Derek Chauvin’s trial was winding down, renewing calls for police reform and reigniting protests over police brutality against Blac...
Dec 23, 2021 · Potter, who resigned from the Brooklyn Center police force after the shooting, maintained that she intended to reach for her Taser instead of her gun. State guidelines for the more serious charge ...
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Dec 23, 2021 · Former officer Kim Potter was found guilty of both first- and second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright on Thursday. ... reflecting that the 20-year-old "could have become ...
Dec 23, 2021 · The deadly confrontation on April 11 began when Potter, together with Anthony Luckey, a new officer she was training that day, pulled over Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, for having expired ...
Dec 23, 2021 · Kim Potter has been found guilty of first-degree manslaughter and second-degree manslaughter charges for fatally shooting ... a 20-year-old Black man. Potter has pleaded not guilty. Here are the ...
