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The suburban Minneapolis police officer who says she meant to use her Taser instead of her gun when she shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright made a blunder of epic proportions and did not have a license to kill, a prosecutor told jurors on Monday shortly before they began deliberating in her manslaughter trial.

Kimberly Potter, 49, has pleaded not guilty to first- and second-degree manslaughter charges, which carry maximum sentences of 15 and 10 years respectively, saying she thought she was drawing her Taser when she shot Wright in the chest with her 9 mm handgun on April 11.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The suburban Minneapolis police officer who says she meant to use her Taser instead of her gun when she shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright made

Kim Potter's attorney argued the former Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis, officer made an honest mistake by pulling her handgun instead of her Taser.

(Minneapolis, MN)-- The trial of a former Minnesota police officer charged with killing an unarmed Black man during a traffic stop is in the hands of the jury. Closing arguments wrapped up today and the jury has begun deliberating. Kim Potter maintains she shot Daunte Wright on accident when he resisted arrest, mistaking her service weapon for her Taser. Potter is facing

(Minneapolis, MN)-- The trial of a former Minnesota police officer charged with killing an unarmed Black man during a traffic stop is in the hands of the jury. Closing arguments wrapped up today and the jury has begun deliberating. Kim Potter maintains she shot Daunte Wright on accident when he resisted arrest, mistaking her service weapon for her Taser. Potter is facing

Here are the key people who are part of the trial over the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright.

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury will resume deliberations Tuesday in the trial of a suburban Minneapolis police officer who says she meant to use her Taser instead of her gun when she shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright.

The jury has begun deliberating in the manslaughter trial of the former suburban Minneapolis police officer wh...