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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.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jurors at the manslaughter trial for the former suburban Minneapolis...

MINNEAPOLIS — 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.

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 on manslaughter charges Wednesday, with a prosecutor saying Kim Potter

Driving the car in that two-week period? >> yeah, he was the only one that had access, that he had a key to the car. it was his. >> was the car still registered to your other son? >> it was still registered to my son dallas. yes, it was still registered to dallas. >> and what about the insurance on that car? >> we did not transfer over insurance yet. so we were going to add it to our current insurance policy. >> that hadnt been done yet? >> no. >> on april 11th, did you go into that car, have an...

MINNEAPOLIS — 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.

Personality of daunte wright, the person lost. we are also getting facts here with our testimony. katie you mentioned today started with opening statements. both sides laid out a road map for what we can expect to play out as we go through the course of the trial. for the prosecution, theyre saying that kim potter, this veteran officer should have known better, that she was trained better than to reach for her gun instead of her taser. i want you to lives a little of what this prosecutor said in...

Oh my bad, my pad! >> lets bring in our cnn security correspondent josh campbell. tell us more what happened in this opening round of statements in the trial? >> reporter: yeah, it was a powerful day, the first day in the former brooklyn center police officer charged with manslaughter in the death of daunte wright. the prosecution and defense laying out their perspective cases. the prosecution calling the actions a betrayal of her badge, her oath, a betrayal of the public truth. prosecutors poin...

Jurors at the manslaughter trial for the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she mistakenly drew her handgun when she fatally shot Daunte Wright will hear testimony about the kind of person he was – within limits

A white suburban Minneapolis police officer charged with manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright, a Black man, said she meant to use her Taser but...