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By Nathan Layne (Reuters) -Kimberly Potter, the white former Minnesota police officer who killed Black motorist Daunte Wright in April after claiming ...

Kimberly Potter took the stand in her own manslaughter trial Friday and explained how, after 26 years as a Brooklyn Center police officer, she had never used her Taser or gun before the day last April when she accidentally shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright.

The defense rested their case Friday in the manslaughter trial of Kim Potter after the former Brooklyn Center police officer concluded her testimony on the deadly traffic stop shooting of Daunte Wright.

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.

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.

Minnesota officer testifying at her trial over Daunte Wright's death: 'I'm sorry it happened'

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 defense has rested in the trial of the suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in the fatal shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright. Kim Potter is charged with manslaughter in

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

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The defense has rested in the trial of a Minnesota police officer charged in the fatal shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright.