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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she mistakenly drew her gun instead of her Taser when she fatally shot Black motorist Daunte Wright went on trial

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Convicted in june. shaq, what is, where are we in this? and what is the defenses best case to prove that was her mindset? it does feel as if you have to basically go inside her head and believe thats her mindset? >> reporter: yeah. thats likely why we will hear from kim potter, herself, later in this trial. thats likely not happening for another week or so what we need to experience this morning were those opening statements. it was the defense and the prosecution laying out for the jury what th...

I remember the officer telling daept no, and i heard dante say, no, im not, it sort of like he said dont run. daept said, no, im not and then i heard them say somebody tell somebody to happening up the phone and then thats all i remember. >> reporter: wrights mothers testimony very powerful, also, the video, itself, doing so much in court. resaw different vantage points released, the body camera and dash camera, where you see the moment of that shooting and the after math, including officer kimb...

Quiet, take it out of my purse. so he took it out of the purse. he leaned over the bed, he gave daunte jr. a kiss goodbye. i yelled at him again, please dont wake him up, i just got him asleep. then he left. i told him to make sure he locks the door on the way out. >> so you indicated that your son daunte wright was on his way to get a car wash and had gotten some money for you for that. what was the car that your son daunte wright was driving? >> a white 2011 buick lacrosse. >> was that dauntes...

And thats what we are wrestling with. >> i appreciate your time this afternoon. i know its been a busy week for you. thanks for being on the show. coming up, president biden expected to speak in missouri a couple minutes from now. you see the leg turn, the microphone right there. we think it will happen in ten minutes or so well see. the focus, the new infrastructure law as one of the senate holdouts on the social spending plan lays out more concerns about that and the time table. happening no...

Partner and so she does taser, taser, taser, she pulls the trigger, believing that it was a taser. well, why else would she say that? >> now, wolf, the first witness called today by the prosecution was daunte wrights mother, incredibly emotional testimony. she described being on a video call after that incident, an occupied answered her son suffering from a gunshot wound. take a listen to her testimony. >> yes, do you know if he was in trouble? no, he hadnt done anything wrong. he sounded really...

Done. the defence by contrast calling in an accident, calling it a mistake, also pointing out this officer had never pulled her weapon before, never fired it, pointing to her record. at one point seeming to blame daunte wright himself, take a listen. >> she was trained to be aware of the differences between her gun and her taser and importantly, she was also trained about the risks of pulling the wrong weapon and that drawing and firing the wrong weapon could kill someone. >> so when she says, t...

Manual will be a major focus of this. they have their use of force experts that will come and testify and say even if she was intending to use the taser as she says she was even that was an incorrect action. so this is going to be litigated throughout. the defense says they will have use of force experts testifying to the contrary. and they introduced the phrase really for the first time, but something wale hear a lot. they say its action error when she accidentally shot daunte wright. >> shaqui...

That number can eventually go up to 175,000 russian troops on the border of ukraine, obviously, once again, a very tense situation. mathew, i will stay in close touch with you. mathew chance reporting from ukraine. coming up, chilling video and emotional testimony as former police officer kim potter stands trial in the shooting death of daunte wright. her claim she mistakenly pulled her gun instead of her taser at the center of this case. our experts are standing by to weigh in on the opening ...