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At former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter’s manslaughter trial for fatally shooting Daunte Wright, a Black motorist, the core of her defense is clear: She says she meant to use

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal charge of violating George Floyd's civil rights, admitting for the first time he kept his knee on Floyd's neck -- even after he became unresponsive -- resulting in the Black man's death.

Associate law professor Seth Stoughton testified that retired Brooklyn Center officer Kim Potters actions were excessive, inappropriate and out of proportion.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors on Thursday rested their case against Kim Potter, the suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in the shooting death of Black motorist Daunte Wright.

Prosecutors on Thursday rested their case against Kim Potter, the officer charged in the shooting death of Daunte Wright.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors were expected to wrap up their case Thursday against the...

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.

Prosecutors are expected to wrap up their case Thursday against the Minnesota police officer charged in Daunte Wright’s death.

The state rested its case Thursday morning in the manslaughter trial of Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center police officer accused of shooting and killing Daunte Wright during a traffic stop earlier this year.