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Family members says they're happy about the guilty verdict for the former police officer, who fatally shot Wright in April. But they say it's not true justice.
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The trial of a white police officer accused of killing Daunte Wright, a Black man, in a Minneapolis suburb earlier this year is drawing to a close. The officer took the stand Friday.
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The former Minnesota officer on trial in the shooting death of Daunte Wright said she believed he was trying to flee an arrest. Defense lawyers say that fleeing would have endangered a fellow officer.
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Defense lawyers argued that Potter's use of a weapon was justified, even as they acknowledged she meant to draw her Taser, not her handgun. "She's a human being," said attorney Paul Engh.
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Potter, a white former police officer, says she drew her gun by mistake when she fatally shot Wright, a Black motorist. Of the first 12 jurors seated, one identifies as Black and two as Asian.
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Jason Meade, the white Ohio sheriff's deputy fatally shot Goodson, who was Black, in an encounter that led to racial justice protests. Goodson's family has filed a federal civil rights suit.
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Potter's lawyers say she mistook her handgun for her Taser this year when she fatally shot Wright, a 20-year-old Black man. Her manslaughter trial will begin next week.
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Travis McMichael; his father, Greg; and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan all faced nine criminal counts in Georgia state court, including felony murder, aggravated assault and false imprisonment.
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The Rittenhouse verdict may change the tactics and dynamics of social justice protesters going forward.
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Right-wing extremists have continued to use Kyle Rittenhouse in their messaging, with new themes emerging since his acquittal last week.