Nation Dec 22

Jurors on Thursday convicted a suburban Minneapolis police officer of two manslaughter charges in the killing of Daunte Wright, a Black motorist she shot during a traffic stop after she said she confused her gun for her Taser.

Nation Dec 21

Jurors weighing the case of the suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright asked the judge after a full day of deliberations Tuesday what they should do if they can’t reach a verdict.

Nation Dec 20

The jury weighing the case of the suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright worked through its second day of deliberations Tuesday without any hint of progress they might have made.

Nation Dec 17

The jury has begun deliberating in the manslaughter trial of the suburban Minneapolis police officer who killed Black motorist Daunte Wright after she says she mistook her gun for her Taser.

Nation Dec 16

Kim Potter was the last witness Friday before the defense rested in her manslaughter trial. Potter said she's sorry it happened.

Nation Dec 15

Kim Potter’s police chief at the time she shot and killed Daunte Wright testified in her defense at her manslaughter trial on Thursday, calling her “a fine officer” and saying he “saw no violation” of policy in her actions at…

Nation Dec 15

Chauvin’s plea Wednesday means he will not face a federal trial in January, though he could end up spending more years behind bars when a judge sentences him at a later date.

Nation Dec 13

A police official says the suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright with her handgun when she said she meant to use her Taser had been fully trained in their department’s policies on the proper use of…

Nation Dec 13

Prosecutors in the manslaughter trial of a Minnesota police officer charged in the shooting death of Daunte Wright walked jurors through the differences between her handgun and her Taser on Monday.

Nation Dec 10

Potter, 49, is charged with first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in Wright's April 11 death in Brooklyn Center. The former officer has said she meant to use her Taser on the 20-year-old Wright.