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Prosecutors have rested their case against Kim Potter, the Minnesota police officer charged in the shooting death of Black motorist Daunte Wright.

Their case in the trial of kim porter, a former police officer charged in the shooting death of daunte wright during a traffic stop just outside of minneapolis. porter told a judge moments ago that she plans to testify in her own defense. seens adrianne broaddus is live outside the courthouse. whats the latest? >> reporter: well, when court started this morning, the jung asked potter if she still intended to testify, and she said yes. the judge asked her if she needed more time to think about, a...

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>> yes, your honor, ill testify. >> reporter: it could be a pivotal moment, kim potter expected to testify soon in her manslaughter trial in the shooting of daunte wright. >> you dont need more time to think about that. >> reporter: a high stakes decision as the defense began to lay the foundation of its case. key witnesses testifying thursday. >> is it your opinion that not only took -- a taser be used in this chaotic situation, but also a gun? is that right? >> that is correct. >> reporter: po...

Quarter of a century and had repeated training as it relates to taser training, not once, not twice, but several times, and you use a tears, its on the non-dominant side, correct, but you mistook that for your gun or vice versa. you did that, didnt you? and in the event she says yes thats an admission. remember what shes charged with. shes charged with the first count of being reckless with using the taser instead of the firearm, and if the jury doesnt conclude shes reckless and consciously disr...

Withdrew her service weapon instead of a taser, shooting and kill a man named daunte wright as she tried to arrest him. potter has pled not guilty to all the charges against her. i want to bring in nbc news correspondent shaq brewster. what are you seeing as the defenses case starts to take shape here? >> theyre trying to underunderstand -- kim potters defense, that her action was justified and reasonable. theyre going after what the prosecution has said. theyre saying even if former officer p...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kim Potter ’s police chief at the time she shot and killed Daunte Wright testified in her defense at her manslaughter trial on Thursday, calling her “a

Been showing pictures of another female officer testifying. i wonder if you can tell us what shes saying, and do we have any idea when former officer potter might take the stand? >> reporter: yeah, thats colleen frickey, one of the officers who saw kim potter in the seconds or i should say hours after she killed wright. she talked about the emotional moments of seeing officer potter curled up in a ball in one of the witness rooms of the police station. she said she had tremendous respect for pot...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kim Potter ’s police chief at the time she shot and killed Daunte Wright testified in her defense at her manslaughter trial on Thursday, calling her “a

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.