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Daunte Wright Shooting Trial: 12 Jurors Now Seated; Two more needed; Defense has one strike left

Welcome to our coverage of the Kim Potter manslaughter trial over the April 11, 2021 shooting death of Duante Wright in a suburb of Minneapolis, when then-police officer Potter accidentally used her Glock 17 pistol in place of her intended Taser. Three more jurors were seated today, for a total of 12 seated jurors. Two […]

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Daunte Wright Shooting Trial: 9 Jurors Now Seated; Judge Chu seeks total of 14 jurors; State exhausts peremptory strikes

Welcome to our coverage of the Kim Potter manslaughter trial over the April 11, 2021 shooting death of Duante Wright in a suburb of Minneapolis, when then-police officer Potter accidentally used her Glock 17 pistol in place of her intended Taser. Today saw an additional five jurors seated in this second day of jury selection,

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Tim Pool Follow-Up: What’s the Deal with the Dominick Black Gun Charge?

It’s come to my attention that some folks with a limited grasp of how the law works were confused by some of my commentary regarding the Dominick Black gun charge during my recent appearance on the Tim Pool IRL.  Always on the lookout for a teachable moment, I thought I’d take few minutes to bring

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Daunte Wright Shooting Trial: First Four Jurors Seated; Kimberly Potter to Testify

Welcome to our coverage of the Kim Potter manslaughter trial over the April 11, 2021 shooting death of Duante Wright in a suburb of Minneapolis, when then-police officer Potter accidentally used her Glock 17 pistol in place of her intended Taser. Today saw four jurors seated in this first day of jury selection.  Two prospective

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Kim Potter Trial: Manslaughter Charged in “Taser! Taser ! Taser!” Shooting Death of Duante Wright

Tomorrow morning begins the jury selection in the Minnesota trial of former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kimberly Potter, on charges of 1st and 2nd-degree manslaughter for the April 11, 2021 shooting death of criminal suspect Duante Wright, whom Potter shot in the mistaken belief that she was wielding her less-than-lethal Taser electroshock weapon. The shooting

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Ahmaud Arbery Case Trial: VERDICTS ARE IN: Mostly guilty

Only Travis McMichael was found guilty of Count 1, Malice Murder, but all the defendants were found guilty of multiple counts of felony murder, so they’re all looking at life in prison without the possibility of early release. COUNT l – MALICE MURDER, O.C.G.A. 16-5-1 TRAVIS MCMICHAEL  Guilty GREG MCMICHAEL Not Guilty WILLIAM R BRYAN Not Guilty COUNT

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Arbery Case Trial: Judge Walmsley Drops the Ball On Ambiguous Citizen’s Arrest Law

UPDATE: Because it seems possibly helpful to the discussion, I’ve appended to the bottom of this post the video, and a transcript, of the entirety of the citizen’s arrest portion of Judge Walmsley’s instructions to the jury. Today the jury heard the last of argument and received their jury instructions in the Arbery case trial,

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