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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright testified at her manslaughter trial Friday that she wouldnt have pulled over his car if she

Kim Potter, the former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright last year, took the stand Friday saying she did not want to hurt anybody.

The white ex-Minnesota police officer who killed Daunte Wright, a Black man, during a traffic stop testified at her manslaughter trial. Kimberly Potter said she mistakenly used her gun, not her Taser.

Those with a law enforcement background had a different take from community activists on the Potter trial

The former Minnesota police officer testified at her manslaughter trial on Friday, saying she had never fired her Taser or gun before she accidentally shot Mr. Wright during a traffic stop.

Defense rests in the manslaughter trial of the Minnesota police officer who killed Black motorist Daunte Wright

The white ex-Minnesota police officer who killed Daunte Wright, a Black man, during a traffic stop testified at her manslaughter trial. Kimberly Potter said she mistakenly used her gun, not her Taser.

The white ex-Minnesota police officer who killed Daunte Wright, a Black man, during a traffic stop testified at her manslaughter trial. Kimberly Potter said she mistakenly used her gun, not her Taser.

Kimberly Potter, who was a police officer in the city of Brooklyn Center just north of Minneapolis, has pleaded not guilty to first- and second-degree manslaughter charges. Her lawyers have said Potter, 49, mistakenly used her handgun instead of her stun gun in the death of Wright, a 20-year-old shot during a traffic stop.

The trial of a white police officer accused of killing Daunte Wright, a Black man, in a Minneapolis suburb earlier this year is drawing to a close. The officer took the stand Friday.