Kim Potter guilty of manslaughter in death of Daunte Wright

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Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter has been found guilty of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright.

Judge Regina Chu read the verdict in court Thursday afternoon. Potter had pleaded not guilty.

The maximum sentence for first-degree manslaughter is 15 years and a $30,000 fine, and for second-degree manslaughter, it’s 10 years and a $20,000 fine.

In a statement, the Wright family’s legal team said the family is “relieved.” They called for reform and change in America’s policing systems.

“From the unnecessary and overreaching tragic traffic stop to the shooting that took his life, that