The guilty verdict — of both first-degree and second-degree manslaughter — came after 27 hours of deliberations that began Monday.
Potter, 49, faces up to eight and a half years in prison on the first-degree manslaughter and up to five years on the second-degree manslaughter charge.
She was an officer in the Brooklyn Center Police Department on April 11 when she and an officer trainee pulled Wright over for an expired registration on his vehicle and an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror.
The other officer, Anthony Luckey, attempted to arrest Wright on an outstanding firearms warrant, at which point Wright attempted to re-enter his vehicle. Potter yelled “Taser, Taser, Taser,” and shot Wright with her firearm.
Potter pleaded not guilty to the charges, saying that she thought she’d pulled her stun gun.
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