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A court in minnesota has been hearing opening statements in the trial of a former minneapolis police officer who fatally shot daunte wright during a routine traffic stop, earlier this year. officer kimberly potter is facing 10 years injailforfirst— and second—degree manslaughter. the 20 year old black man was killed just a few miles from where the former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin was on trialfor killing george floyd. potter is pleading not guilty, shes told investigators the s...

You know a few years ago in oakland there was a bart officer a transit officer that pulled his firearm as opposed to his taser, shot and killed an individual. after that happened, many departments changed their training. that includes how you carry the taser. most departments have you carry it on the weak side so that you cant mistake it for your firearm. tasers also come in bright colors like yellow or a bright green, to further distinguish between the two. but let me just say something else, b...

Video that we just saw? - question. who benefits from that video that we just saw? well, - question. who benefits from that video that we just saw? well, i i video that we ust saw? well, i think that — video that we ust saw? well, i think that the— video that we just saw? well, i think that the prosecution - video that we just saw? well, i - think that the prosecution benefits from that video because it shows that clearly dante wright was not posing a threat to the officers in question. ther...

MINNEAPOLIS - A suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she mistakenly drew her gun instead of her Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright went...

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.

Sentence? not necessarily, no. the prosecution is not claiming - sentence? not necessarily, no. the prosecution is not claiming that - sentence? not necessarily, no. the| prosecution is not claiming that kim potter acted with intentionality and terms of trying to kill dante wright. but they are saying that her actions were reckless, as well as unreasonable in terms of even, you know, pulling out a gun and not knowing it wasnt kind, giving the neck given her 26 year history as a police officer, s...

Crucial moment in the trial. i agree. we saw how effective that strategy was in the case of kyle rittenhouse where he took the stand, he wept, and i believe thatjerry had compassion on him. i think that kim potter is hoping that she can draw an empathetic response to jurors, that she will say she made a mistake and that should not result in prison time from her perspective. i think that she might be an empathetic witness, given how distraught she was in the aftermath of the shooting, but at the ...

Son was laying there. >> reporter: she was referring to a facetime call that she had with a young woman who was in the car with daunte wright when he was shot and killed. thats what she was referring to when she said the phone was pointed in that direction and she saw her sons body. on the witness stand right now is officer anthony lucky who was an officer in training with kim potter that day when all this happened back in april of this year. she was training this officer. they pulled right over...

Selected for this jury. at the time of the shooting that killed daunte wright, i asked his family how did their son identify. they told me wright, who is their son, of a white woman, son of a black man, identified as a black male. meanwhile, opening statements will get under way here in hennepin county later this morning. it is a name youve all heard before. this is the same county where derek chauvin was convicted. and this will all play out in the same courtroom as well. but a different judge....

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.