Page 647 - Daunte Wright News Today

>> part of the job is to assist those who are injured? >> yes. >> but you didnt deal with any of those things on april 11th, did you? >> no. >> you stopped doing your job completely. you didnt run down the street and try to save daunte wrights life, did you? >> no. >> reporter: she essentially betrayed her badge on that day, in terms of how she responded to what was going on. the last part of the testimony there, about not rendering eight, and so forth, speaking to the prosecutors trying to incr...

Taser when she shot wright in the chest. she could face up to 25 years in prison if found guilty on both charges. joining me is paul butler, a georgetown law professor. its sort of impossible seeming as this claim is that she mistook her gun for her taser, anybody who has actually ever held a firearm and a taser, theyre quite different. theyre different colors and everything. what do you make so far of the case that the prosecutor has made and her decision to testify? >> so to convict ms. potter...

He testified about this phenomenon called action error. in plain language, he said, it means you intend to do one thing, you think youre doing that thing, but you do something else and then you realize later the action that you intended was not the one you took. he gave several examples of this. one example in particular he talked about writing down the date at the start of a new year. instead of writing the current year that youre in, you might write the previous year because thats what youre u...

Scheduled for monday, after testimony concluded today, with a sobbing potter taking the assistant in her own defense. cnns security correspondent josh campbell has details. >> i remember yelling, taser, taser, taser, and nothing happened, and then -- he told me i shot him. >> reporter: former officer kim potter testifying for the first time, explaining the moment she shot and killed daunte wright last april. she described her fellow officer struggling with wright during the traffic stop. >> he h...

She says taser, taster, taster. after she shoots this kid you can see how distraught. that is going to be something she will be able to explain to the jury what happened. why did she believe that she was actually pulling her taser when in fact she didnt pull her weapon? >> she will talk about how she thought a fellow officer was endangered by wrights attempt to flee. maybe the vehicle or something he had inside the car. well find out. a lot of people will watch this and say how is this different...

Are you handling your calls, are you professional when you talk with people, are you doing good police reports. she was known for doing all those things. >> reporter: and testifying that he saw nothing wrong with potters actions during heron counter with wright. >> is it your opinion that not only could a taser be used in this chaotic situation, but also a gun, is that right? >> that is correct. >> are you doing any favors for her by saying this? >> i am not. >> reporter: potters defense attorne...

On the right side of your duty belt. >> yes. >> and its your right hand on your firearm there? >> its blurry, but its possible. >> okay. >> we can take that down, thank you. >> all right. so as you approached and mr. wright got out of the car, it was a moment where it appeared that mr. wright was going to flee or attempt to flee. >> when he started to struggle with officer lucky. >> okay. and ultimately was mr. wright able to get back in the car? >> yes. >> you never saw a weapon on

To 2:01:56, a couple more frames, please. >> okay. you would agree at 2:01:56, the piece of paper is still in your left hand, correct? >> yes. >> okay. lets advance -- actually lets play until 2:02:01, please. >> im going to tase you. taser, taser, taser. >> stopping there you have the firearm in your right hand. >> yes. >> and youre pointing it directly at mr. wright? >> excuse me, your honor, could we have a break.

She is the final witness that the defense has called in the case of manslaughter. she faces up to 25 years or 30 years in prison for first degree and second degree manslaughter respectively. after the prosecutions case rested, they called a total of about 25 witnesses to the stand over six days of testimony. three character witnesses were called to testify for whats known as spark of life testimony. the mother, father and girlfriend of the deceased, daunte wright who you are looking at right now...

He was doing that was wrong, right? >> yes. >> so you got this information and then made this decision to go arrest mr. wright, correct? >> yes. >> and you didnt talk about going out there with guns drawn or anything like that. you didnt talk about using force on the approach or anything like that, right? >> no. >> and then officer lucky pulled or asked mr. wright to get out of the car which he did, right? >> yes. >> and you stood back and watched this happen, correct? >> i was just a couple of ...