Kim Potter Found Guilty Of Manslaughter In Daunte Wright Shooting

Posted on AllSides December 23rd, 2021
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Kim Potter was found guilty on Thursday of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, whom the former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer shot during a traffic stop in April when she claimed she thought she was using her taser.

After deliberating for three days, jurors found Potter guilty of first-degree manslaughter and second-degree manslaughter. 

Over the course of the week and a half trial, prosecutors did not dispute that the shooting was an accident, but argued Potter’s training and experience should have prevented the mix-up and subsequent shooting, contending...

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