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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.

Police had reason to believe that Daunte Wright might have a gun when they tried to arrest him last spring, a defense attorney told jurors Wednesday at the trial of the suburban Minneapolis police officer who mistakenly killed Wright after shooting him with her gun instead of her Taser.

Opening statements will begin in the manslaughter trial of police officer Kim Potter for the death of Black motorist Daunte Wright. Her lawyers claim she mistakenly pulled a gun instead of her Taser.

The manslaughter trial of Kimberly Potter, the former Brooklyn Center police officer charged in the deadly shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, begins on Tuesday, Nov. 30.

Daunte Wright's mom took the stand and described the final phone call she had with her son.

Opening statements begin in the trial of the former Brooklyn Center police officer charged in the shooting death of Daunte Wright in April 2021.

Both sides in the manslaughter trial of former police officer Kim Potter agreed during opening statements that Potter meant to draw her Taser, rather than

The manslaughter trial of Kimberly Potter, the former Brooklyn Center police officer charged in the deadly shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, begins on Tuesday, Nov. 30.

By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - A white Minnesota police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black motorist in April, triggering protests against police b...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The suburban Minneapolis police officer who killed Daunte Wright violated her training and “betrayed a 20-year-old kid" when she shot him with a handgun instead of a Taser during a traffic stop, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday.