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After a week and a half of testimony, closing arguments are expected on Monday in the Minnesota case.

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Statement helps her case, but thats what a lot of us were thinking in the first place. why in the midst of a pandemic would the law enforcement hone in only someone with an air freshener hanging on their mirror, and why would we worry about expired tabs when we know many of us had expired tabs. that should not have been a priority for the brooklyn center police department. it was almost as if they were doing an experiment and daunte wright was in the wrong place at the wrong time and he bore the...

Believe i ever deployed it. >> the defense has now rested its case. both sides will give their closing arguments this coming monday. joining me now is a civil rights attorney and the former president of the minneapolis naacp chapter. break down kim potters testimony today. obviously she was emotional. do you think she helped her case? >> i personally dont think she helped her case. i feel she tried a similar strategy to kyle rittenhouse in terms of breaking down on the stand and being extremely ...

Picture that kim potter was not only authorized to use a taser in light of the circumstances but that she was authorized to use deadly force. i, of course, disagree with the analysis that the defense has proposed. i feel that theyre grasping at straws and try to find any way for the jury to give an escape route to kim potter for her actions in this situation. she did not need to use a taser, nor, of course, did she need to use a gun in this situation, even though the two officers had a tussle go...

Accident. that she did not mean to kill daunte wright. now, at this point, if she is convicted of the most serious charge, kim potter could face up to 15 years in prison. back to you. >> all right. still ahead, everybody. the fallout of senator manchins big no on bidens build back better bill. and the now even more uncertain future of voting rights legislation. but first, a reality check on the run. stay with us. run stay with us bye mom. my helpers abound, ill need you today. our sleigh i...

Attorneys replayed her body cam video frame-by-frame. she claimed she accidently grabbed her gun instead of her taser when she shot daunte wright. she also said if she hadnt been training another officer that day, she wouldnt have made that traffic stop to begin with. >> if you werent with a field training officer that day and you were on patrol alone, would you have stopped that vehicle? >> most likely not. >> why not? >> an air freshener to me is just an equipment violation, and during the cov...

Massachusetts senator elizabeth warren jouns just announcing she, in fact, has tested positive for covid. tweeting quote i regularly test for covid and while i tested negative ear earlier this week, today i tested positive with a breakthrough case. thankfully, i am only experiencing mild symptoms. we will of course by the way stay on top of this and bring you any in new information as get it. tomorrow, closing aurms begin in the manslaughter trial against kim potter, a white police officer who...

Under minnesota law, the legal standards for both these charges do not have to show intent or malice. only, that potter acted recklessly in the use of her firearm which resulted in wrights death. now, on friday, the jury heard emotional testimony from potter herself when she took the stand and talked about those fateful moments last april when she pulled over wrights car and then later shot and killed him during that traffic stop. during her testimony, she was questioned by the prosecutor. she g...