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In this screen grab from video,Prosecutor Erin Eldridge delivers the state's opening statement as Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu presides over court

Prosecutors told jurors that former Brooklyn Center Officer Kim Potter violated her training and “betrayed a 20-year-old kid.”

By Nathan Layne (Reuters) -A prosecutor said on Wednesday a white former Minnesota police officer on trial for killing Black motorist Daunte Wright flouted years of training by mistakenly using her pistol instead of her Taser, while the defense sought...

MINNEAPOLIS - The suburban Minneapolis police officer who killed Daunte Wright violated her training and "betrayed a 20-year-old kid" when she shot hi...

St. Cloud lawyer Mike Bryant from Bradshaw & Bryant joined me on WJON today. He joined me to preview the Kimberly Potter trial. He says he'll be interested to see how the defense will deal with issues concerning what actions may have justified using a gun.

Prosecutors said former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter violated many years of training when she fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop on April 11.

A protester was arrested after live-streaming himself inside the trial's judge's condo ahead of the proceedings.

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.

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.

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.