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Police officer kim potter. the jury will return this morning for the fourth day of deliberations. the jurors who are sequestered had deliberated for more than 24 hours in total over the last three days. earlier this week they asked the judge what happens if they cant reach a consensus. potter is facing two manslaughter charges in the fatal shooting of daunte wright back in april. she mistook her gun for a taser while trying to help arrest wright during a traffic stop. >> it could be a rare white...

Over for expired tags and an illegal air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror. police trying to arrest wright for an outstanding warrant when they say he tried to drive off. potter pulling her gun instead of her taser. >> taser, taser, taser! >> reporter: firing a single bullet into his chest. >> i shot him! oh, my god! >> reporter: the former officer then collapsing to the ground in anguish. today, turning to wrights family and apologizing. >> i am so sorry that i hurt you so badly. [ cri...

Brooklyn center police officers discovered wright had an outstanding warrant for a misdemeanor weapons violation. when the officer potter was training tried to arrest wright, he struggled to get back in the car, and potter fired. >> i shot him! oh, my god. >> reporter: prosecutors arguing potter acted recklessly and negligently regardless of her intent, pressing her about her training in taser use. whether she should have known the difference between her taser, holstered on her left, and her gun...

But give you mine, okay? >> oh, my god. no, just let me kill myself, mych. >> no, thats not happening, kim. >> reporter: potter crying today as the videos were presented in court, putting her head in her hands. during that traffic stop in april, officers tried to arrest wright for a misdemeanor warrant. >> youre under arrest, daunte. >> reporter: that body camera footage belonging to officer mychal johnson. you see him open the passenger door as wright struggles with the officer potter was train...

Trying to arrest wright. he tried to flee. it was a dangerous situation and during the stress and chaos of that moment, she mistook her taser for her weapon for her taser and fired accidental llitch. they calm it a mistake, not a crime. they say it was manslaughter, she was a trained officer, she was reckless the word theyve used a number of times and she should be convicted of manslaughter. >> ron allen, live in minneapolis, thank you very much for that. als, we are expecting to hear from pres...

Those were the defendants words. >> reporter: prosecutors said former police officer kimberly potter was reckless and culpable for the death of 20-year-old duante wright. potters body camera captured the moment the routine traffic stop turned deadly. last april, outside of minneapolis, potter and a rookie officer stopped wright after spotting an air freshener illegally hanging from his reared view mirror and expired tags. potters partner tried to arrest wright for having an outstanding warrant o...

She was training, stopped wright because of an air freshener hanging from a mirror, illegal in minnesota, and expired license plates and tried to arrest wright after discovering an outstanding warrant for a gros misdemeanor weapons violation. potter with 26 years police experience is heard warning about firing a taser, but prosecutors say she fired a single lethal shot from her gun, what potters attorneys say was a mistake, an explanation wrights family rejects >> everybody who has been there fo...

Their son, appeared for her first court hearing. >> its very hurtful to see shes just sitting there. >> reporter: the news media not allowed to record the feed. kim potter now facing a single charge of second-degree manslaughter, only responding "yes" to the judges questions over zoom. the wright family describing their anguish. you just left the zoom hearing for officer potter. >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: how did that feel to see her? >> it hurt really bad. i have hatred, anger, sadness. there are ...