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"I grabbed whatever was in the car. I don’t remember if it was a sweater or a towel or something … and put it on his chest like you see in movies and TV shows," Alayna Albrecht-Payton testified. "I didn’t know what to do."

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In Covid-19 news today, promising tests show the Pfizer booster may protect against omicron, and Singapore announced it will require the unvaccinated to pay for any Covid-19 treatment. Opening statements were heard in the trial of police officer Kim Potter over the killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright.

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Defense lawyers argued that Potter's use of a weapon was justified, even as they acknowledged she meant to draw her Taser, not her handgun. "She's a human being," said attorney Paul Engh.

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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 her Taser but grabbed her handgun instead. Potter’s body-camera video recorded the shooting, with Potter heard saying, “Taser, Taser, Taser” before she fired, followed by,…

After opening statements and the first two witnesses were called by the state on Wednesday, testimony is set to continue Thursday in the trial of former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter.

MINNEAPOLIS — The woman who was riding with Daunte Wright when he was pulled over by police testified Thursday about the chaos right after an officer shot him, saying she screamed at Wright but that he