Page 144 - Daunte Wright News Today

>> i didnt want to shoot anybody. >> reporter: the defense aimed to prove she was protecting her fellow officers during a risky traffic stop. >> she didnt cause this and she had a right to use deadly force. >> reporter: in closing arguments, they faulted wright for not cooperating with law enforcement. >> she says, taser, taser, taser, and he said, okay. stop, i give up. no, no, daunte wright caused his own death unfortunately. >> reporter: the state pushed back. >> carrying a badge and a gun is...

Former minnesota police officer kim potter is spending her first full day in jail, after she was found guilty on two counts of manslaughter, a jury convicted potter in the fatal shooting every daunte wright during a traffic stop earlier this year. she confused her handgun for a taser. whenned the verdicts were read, there were cheers. joining us is danny cevalos. kim potter will be sentenced in february. what kind -- >> it depends on whether they concurrent the sentencing rather than consecutive...

I mean, obviously, there is that notion of jury nullification, sympathy towards the defendant. but, of course, tears have been shed for their son, daunte wright. so what was that like for them, if you know, to watch that moment? >> i dont think any family member left that room feeling like those tears were genuine and for the loss of daunte wright. more so than they were a reaction and tears or, you know, supposed tears really stemming more from, you know, kim potters fear that she is going to b...

Good afternoon. i am jacqui heinrich in for sandra smith. >> mike: hello, jacqui. and i am mike emanuel in for john roberts. captivating the nation in april, potter pulled over wright when she notices tags are expired. pottery and other officers tried to arrest wright after they discovered he had a warrant over a weapons charge. footage shows that wright initially got up at tried to go back into his car. you can hear the officer shouted "taser, taser," but potter fired a single shot that killed ...

>> jacqui: welcome back. we are awaiting an announcement in the trial of former minneapolis police officer kim potter. she is charged with -- excuse me, first and second-degree manslaughter for shooting and killing daunte wright back in april. it happened during the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin for the death of george floyd. jurors have been deliberating for 27 hours, and we are told in outcome and the trial has been reached. we are expecting an announcement. unclear ...

China, we need to focus on whats important and not on this. >> mike: senator bill haggerty from the great state of tennessee, thank you for your time. >> jacqui: a verdict in the trial of kim potter, being charged with manslaughter in the death of daunte wright. potter mistook her firearm for a taser when she accidentally -- excuse me, fatally shot him. the verdict is going to be read between 2:30 and 3:00 eastern, we are told. we are going to bring it to you live from outside the courtroom as s...

Negligence, meaning that potter caused unreasonable risk and unconsciously took the chance of causing death or great bodily harm while possessing a firearm. neither of these charges requires prosecutors to prove that potter intended to kill daunte wright, but they pointed that out to the jury in their opening statements and we are going to hear that news, mike, in the next hour or so. >> mike: weve been waiting on this one for days, and the jury in this case has been sequestered for days. there ...

In our national lead, the fate of the former police officer who fatally shot daunte wright will soon be in the hands of a jury. the defense just rested their case a short while ago following hours of testimony from the defendant. former officer kim potter. she explained publicly for the first time how she mistook her firearm for her taser. cnns josh campbell takes a look at what the 26-year veteran officer told the jury about what happened that tragic day. >> and remember yelling, taser, taser, ...

Arguing that daunte wright died at the hands of a highly trained officer. focusing on her years, decades of experience. she was certified to use the taser, she said she intended to pull back in 2002. listen in to some of what the prosecution said. >> this was a colossal screwup. a blunder of epic proportions. accidents can still be crimes. if they occur as the result of recklessness or culpable negligence. youre not going to find the word accident or mistake or error anywhere in your jury instru...

We have seen a lot of ferry accidents where hundreds of people have died. but each time when any accident happens, the government officials and the department concerned, they are sure that the safety standards will be improved. but nothing has been done so far. and people are dying, people are suffering. the owner of the vessels, they always prefer to flout the government rules and regulations. they dont care about the government rules and regulations. this ferry was supposed to carry around 300...