i m very mindful today that there will be an empty chair at the wright family dinner during the holidays, and that saddens me. and once again i extend my deepest condolences to you. with the jury finding kimberly potter guilty today of manslaughter in the first degree and manslaughter in the second degree in connection with daunte s death, we have a degree of accountability for daunte s death. accountability is not justice. justice is restoration. justice would be restoring daunte to life and making the wright family whole again. justice is beyond the reach that we have in this life for daunte. but accountability is an important step, a critical, necessary step on the road to justice for us all. i want to thank the jury for
her fate. we, the jury, on the charge of manslaughter in the first degree find the defendant guilty. outside the courthouse, a crowd erupted in cheers as the verdict was announced. minnesota attorney general keith keithellison whose office prosed the case while is he pleased with the outcome it doesn t bring daunte back. we have a degree of accountability for daunte s death. accountability is not justice. accountability is an important step. critical, necessary step on the road to justice for us all. kim potter is now in the state women s prison as she waits for her sentencing in february. you can see her smiling here in her new inmate photo. she is facing up to 15 years in prison and prosecutors have said that they plan to seek push for a sentence closer to that
accountability is not justice. justice is restoration. justice would be restoring daunte to life and making the wright family whole again. justice is beyond the reach that we have in this life for daunte. but accountability is an important step, a critical, necessary step on the road to justice for us all. here s the thing. while it is clear that police reform is dead in washington, doa, juries across this country, including multiracial, but even majority white juries are enacting their own kind of police reform, force accountability on a profession that hasn t faced much of any over the centuries. and if that should teach us anything, it s that the first step in reforming police is voting. the people in minnesota elected keith ellison as their attorney general. he has taken over several of these high profile police cases that other attorneys general might have let slide.
hennepin county, state of minnesota, find the defendant guilty. outside the courthouse a crowd of a few dozen people celebrated when that verdict was read. a short time ago, minnesota attorney general keith ellison whose office prosecuted the case said this outcome is an important step towards justice. with the jury finding kimberly potter guilty today of manslaughter in the first degree and man slaughter in the second degree, we have a degree of accountability for duante s death. accountability is not justice but it s an important step. critical, necessary step on the road to justice for us all. sentencing will take place in february. kim potter is facing up to 15 years in prison. prosecutors have said that they re pushing for a sentence close to that 15-year maximum.
considering was kim potter claimed that she meant to grab her taserin ted of her gun when she shot and gilled daunte wright at a traffic stop earlier this year. her defense claims or argue, i should say, that if daunte wright would have complied, none of this would have happened and the jury disagreed and this is the second juror to convict a fo former minneapolis officer and both said this sends a clear message that jurors want to maintain high standards and that law enforcement shouldn t see this as a symbol of shame but instead a moment that reinforces trust through accountability. he also though said this isn t full justice. justice would be restoring daunte to life and making the wright family whole again. justice is beyond the reach that we have in this life. for daunte. but accountability is an important step. a critical, necessary step on