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Legal experts and attorneys following the case say it can be a bad idea to offer two defenses that may seem at odds — but not in this case.

Three witnesses testified in the Kim Potter trial Friday, including former Brooklyn Center police sergeant Mychal Johnson who was the third police officer at the deadly traffic stop that took Daunte Wright's life.

MINNEAPOLIS - A police sergeant who was at the scene when Daunte Wright was shot testified Friday that he was holding Wright's right arm with both han...

A former supervisor testified Friday in Kim Potters manslaughter trial that the then-officer had the right to use deadly force to prevent Daunte Wright from driving away and harming him in the... #dauntewright #kimpotter #dauntewrighta #manslaughtertrial #thenofficer

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.

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.

Kimberly Potter’s former supervisor, who was halfway inside Daunte Wright’s car when Potter shot Wright, testified Friday that Potter was justified in firing her gun at Wright, even though she has said she mistook her gun for her Taser.

Former supervisor says Kim Potter was justified in using deadly force, even though thats not what she intended in shooting Daunte Wright.

Prosecutors at the manslaughter trial of Kim Potter sought to build a case that that suburban Minneapolis poli...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A police sergeant at the scene when Daunte Wright was shot testified Friday that he was holding Wright’s right arm with both hands to prevent him from