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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 wouldn't have pulled over his car if she hadn't been training another officer and that she hadn't planned

Former suburban Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter has said she meant to draw her Taser instead of her gun when she shot the 20-year-old Wright as he was trying to

The former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota cop took the stand in the trial over the shooting death of Daunte Wright.

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.

Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter breaks down while testifying at her trial on manslaughter charges on Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. Court TV, via

The Minnesota police officer is hoping to persuade jurors to acquit her of manslaughter charges in what she has said was a gun-Taser mixup.

Kim Potter, a white former police officer is expected to testify Friday that she mistakenly used her gun and killed Daunte Wright, a Black man, when she really meant to use her Taser.

Kim Potter, the veteran former Brooklyn Center police officer, is expected to take the stand before the defense rests its case in her Minneapolis manslaughter trial. Potter, 49, shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright in April 2021.

The former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota cop took the stand in the trial over the shooting death of Daunte Wright.

The first witness for the defense called to testify Friday was psychology expert Dr. Laurence Miller.