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The white former Minnesota police officer is charged with manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright, a Black motorist. The defense says it was an accident when she grabbed her gun instead of a taser.

EXCLUSIVE: It’s a victim impact statement she never got to read to Daunte Wright in court because former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter shot and killed him in an unrelated incident before he had a chance to face a jury of his own.

A police sergeant at the scene when Daunte Wright was shot says he was holding Wright's right arm with both hands in the moments before he was shot.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A patrol sergeant who was backing up other officers after Daunte...

A police sergeant who was at the scene when Daunte Wright was shot testified Friday that he was holding Wrights right arm with both hands in an attempt to handcuff him in the moments before he was shot.

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.

Brooklyn Center Patrol Major Mychal Johnson, who assisted officer Kim Potter at the scene after she pulled over Daunte Wright, took the stand on the third day of her trial on Friday.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Prosecutors at a former Minnesota police officer's trial in the shooting of Daunte Wright p...

She was the passenger in his car during the police shooting.