Kim Potter Found Guilty Of Manslaughter In Daunte Wright Shooting
Posted on AllSides December 23rd, 2021
From The Center
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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