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Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer, was convicted of the first-degree and second-degree manslaughter of Daunte Wright. Justice has actually been served.
Our peeps over at NewsOne have the specifics:
Kim Potter‘s conviction for killing Daunte Wright, 20, came after four days of jury deliberation. The 49-year-old former Brooklyn Center officer, who was found guilty of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter, faces up to 25 years in prison and as much as $50,000 in fines.
After hearing the defense blame Wright’s death on himself, the jury — which was disproportionately composed of white people in a case that at times centered on the topic of race — began deliberating on Monday after about a week and a half of arguments and testimony in Hennepin County District Court in Minneapolis.
We’ll give Potter props for showing remorse and contrition, but that’s where it stops. Because then again, those fake crocodile tears were unforgivable.
When recounting Daunte Wright’s death while on trial, Kim Potter was blinking, putting tissues to her face, and shaking her head… but yet cried NO tears. Sound familiar? pic.twitter.com/owYZRgyPo5
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) December 19, 2021
Check out Twitter reactions to another cop actually being held accountable in the gallery.
The jury finds Kim Potter guilty of all charges.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) December 23, 2021
Former Minnesota Police Officer Kim Potter found guilty on all charges in death of Daunte Wright. https://t.co/iJXHtk89uM pic.twitter.com/jMQoIESlAg
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 23, 2021
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Guilty. Kim Potter has been found guilty by a jury of her peers of manslaughter in the 1st degree.
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) December 23, 2021
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BREAKING: Kim Potter has been convicted of the murder of Daunte Wright.
For the second time in Minnesota state history, a white police officer has been held accountable for killing a Black man.
— ACLU (@ACLU) December 23, 2021
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Do y'all hear Kim Potter's attorney right now? The mother fcuker got the nerve to talk about Potter is "amenable to probation". It ain't about what you are amenable to boo boo…yo ass is already CONVICTED! Shoulda negotiated a deal and plead guilty from jump. pic.twitter.com/YGi6Z7Urar
— Reecie @BlackWomenViews (@ReecieColbert) December 23, 2021
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The judge requires that Kim Potter be held without bail bending sentencing pic.twitter.com/sESqTGQels
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 23, 2021
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BREAKING: Kim Potter has been found GUILTY of 1st degree Manslaughter & 2nd degree manslaughter in the killing of Daunte Wright.
I am honestly surprised.
— Britni Danielle (@BritniDWrites) December 23, 2021