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Attorneys have made their closing arguments in the case of the former Minnesota police officer, who fatally killed Daunte Wright. The case is now in the hands of the jury.

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.”

Well see what kind of reset or reconfigure or restart they can look for in the new year. good to see you, catherine. thank you. >> great to see you. coming up for us, closing arguments in the trial of former police officer kim potter for the shooting death of daunte wright. she took the stand in her own defense. did it help or hurt her? past, e the future. seasons greetings from audi. deon, hand it over. now how does that make you feel? like a part of me is missing. gabrielle? this old spice f...

She said that a former chinese vice premiere had sexually assaulted her in the past. that was swiftly censored and it is blocked on the highly sense sort website. photos later surfaced in posts by chinese state media. the ioc said it held two video calls although it has not made the calls public. with the winter olympics less than two months away, chinese media says it doesnt want to politicize sport. >> celina wang, i know youll keep us on top of that story. in tokyo, thank you very much. great...

Believed in the testimony given by kim potter. she took the move of testifying. she cried a lot. i wonder if that invoked the sympathy of the jurors, even to the point of jury nullification, which means yeah, she did it, we feel bad for her and she couldnt go to prison. >> 26 years on the police force. the defense attorney said that daunte wright caused his own death. how shocking is that? >> its not shocking. look, its a common refrain by defense attorneys to say that the victim actually was co...

Whether the defendant is sorry, or whether she is remorseful. of course she is sorry. of course she feels bad for what she did. there is no dispute about that. but that has no place in your deliberation. this case is not about remorse. its about the defendants actions, in shooting and killing daunte wright. >> the jury is made up of six men, six women, mostly white, and when they began their deliberations, they will be fully sequestered until they reach a verdict, sandra. >> sandra: garrett tenn...

Deliberations have just begun in the trial of former minnesota police officer kim potter. potter is charged with manslaughter in the killing of 20-year-old daunte wright during a traffic stop earlier this year. potter has insisted she meant to draw her taser and not her gun on the day she shot wright. in todays closing arguments, the prosecution tried to convince jurors her mistake, though, was criminal. >> its not just a tragedy. its manslaughter. that she was an officer does not make it okay. ...

Wright would still be here today if he had not resisted arrest and drove away from the officers, which the defense claims led to potter inadvertently shooting him with a handgun. the defense also push back on the state argument that potters mistake was reckless, given her years of training and experience. >> the state wants to, say she should have known. no, it is at this point that she knew she had a gun. how can you recklessly, consciously handle a gun if you dont know you have it? >> in their...

The jury has begun deliberating in the manslaughter trial of the suburban Minneapolis police officer who killed Black motorist Daunte Wright after she says she mistook her gun for her

The former police officer is charged with first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in Daunte Wright's death, who was pulled over in April.