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Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter broke down in tears on the witness stand Friday, forcing the court to take a break as she sobbed while the prosecution played body camera footage of the fatal encounter with Daunte Wright as reported by the New York Post. Potter, 49, shot Wright after he

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.

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

The Minnesota police officer on trial in the shooting death of Daunte Wright is expected to take the stand Friday, hoping to persuade jurors to acquit her on manslaughter charges.

Kim Potter has taken the stand at her manslaughter trial.

The Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright told jurors at her manslaughter trial on Friday that she "didnt want to hurt anybody" that day, saying during sometimes tearful testimony that she shouted a warning about using her Taser on Wright after she saw fear in a fellow officers face.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright testified Friday that the traffic stop “just went chaotic” after Wright tried to get back into

Former police officer Kim Potter says she didn’t plan to use deadly force when she shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop. Under questioning by a prosecutor, Potter sobbed as she said, “I didn’t 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.

The suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright testified Friday that the traffic stop “just went chaotic” after Wright tried to get back into his car and leave.