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In this screen grab from video, former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter center, with defense attorney Earl Gray, left, and Paul Engh sit at the defense table after the verdict is read Thursday, Dec.,23, 2021 at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Jurors on Thursday convicted Potter 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.(Court TV via AP, Pool)

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Officer guilty of manslaughter in Wright’s death

by Amy Forliti Associated Press, and Scott Bauer Associated PressDecember 23, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS — A suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser was convicted of manslaughter Thursday in the death of Daunte Wright, prompting tears from the young Black man’s parents and a jubilant celebration by…

Darrell Brooks, center, is escorted out of the courtroom after making his initial appearance, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021 in Waukesha County Court in Waukesha, Wis. Prosecutors in Wisconsin have charged Brooks with intentional homicide in the deaths of at least five people who were killed when an SUV was driven into a Christmas parade. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

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Child is 6th to die in Wis. parade horror

by Scott Bauer Associated PressNovember 23, 2021

Toppled chairs line W. Main St. in downtown Waukesha, Wis., after an SUV drove into a parade of Christmas marchers Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

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Wis. police: Man who drove into parade, killing 5, was in a domestic disturbance

by Scott Bauer Associated Press, Michael Balsamo Associated Press, and Mike Householder Associated PressNovember 22, 2021

Toppled chairs line W. Main St. in downtown Waukesha, Wis., after an SUV drove into a parade of Christmas marchers Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

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SUV driver in Wisconsin parade crash may have been fleeing a crime

by Scott Bauer Associated Press, Michael Balsamo Associated Press, and Mike Householder Associated PressNovember 22, 2021

Kyle Rittenhouse waits for the jury to enter the room to continue testifying during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Rittenhouse is accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest over police brutality in Kenosha, last year. (Sean Krajacic/The Kenosha News via AP, Pool)

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Mistrial bid in Rittenhouse murder case

by Michael Tarm Associated Press, Scott Bauer Associated Press, and Kathleen Foody Associated PressNovember 10, 2021

Kyle Rittenhouse, left, speaks with Corey Chirafisi, one of his attorneys, during jury selection for his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis, on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. Rittenhouse is accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest over police brutality in Kenosha, last year. (Sean Krajacic/The Kenosha News via AP, Pool)

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Jury selection begins for Rittenhouse trial

by Scott Bauer Associated Press, Michael Tarm Associated Press, and Amy Forliti Associated PressNovember 1, 2021

Visitors browse a memorial to George Floyd as a new addition commemorating Daunte Wright is displayed outside Cup Foods, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Former Minn. cop charged in shooting of motorist

by Scott Bauer Associated Press, and Mike Householder Associated PressApril 14, 2021

A rallygoer holds a sign in Milwaukee, Nov. 7, after it was announced that President-elect Joe Biden defeated President Trump.

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Wisconsin high court won’t hear Trump lawsuit

by Scott Bauer Associated PressDecember 3, 2020

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2020 file photo President Donald Trump throws a hat to the crowd after speaking at a campaign rally at the Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee, Wis. Hackers stole $2.3 million from the Wisconsin Republican Party's account that was being used to help reelect President Donald Trump in the key battleground state, the party's chairman told The Associated Press on Thursday, Oct. 29. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

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Wis. GOP says hackers stole $2.3M

by Scott Bauer Associated PressOctober 29, 2020

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden meets with community members at Grace Lutheran Church in Kenosha, Wis., Thursday.

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Biden, in Kenosha, hails fight for racial progress

by Bill Barrow Associated Press, Will Weissert Associated Press, and Scott Bauer Associated PressSeptember 3, 2020