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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors and attorneys for the suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in Daunte Wrights shooting death seated two more jurors for her trial Wednesday, including a woman who

Kim Potter, the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who allegedly shot and killed Daunte Wright when she mistook her gun for her taser, will testify at her trial, one of her defense attorneys said during the first day of jury selection on Tuesday.

The former Brooklyn Center officers defense said she will testify. The jurors picked so far are a white man in his 50s, a white woman in her 60s, a white man in his 20s and an Asian woman in her 40s, according to the Hennepin County District Court.

As jury selection began on Tuesday for the Kim Potter trial in the death of Daunte Wright, a protest honoring Wright outside the Hennepin County Government Center was disrupted as a driver forced their car through a crowd.

An attorney for the suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright says the former officer will testify at her trial Read More

Jury selection begins Tuesday in the trial of former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter, who is charged in the shooting death of Daunte Wright.

A protest in Minneapolis on Tuesday evening, calling for justice in April’s police-involved shooting death of Daunte Wright, was disrupted when a driver forced a vehicle through a crowd of marchers, according to a report.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors and defense attorneys for the suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in Daunte Wright's death are to resume jury selection Wednesday after seating four the first day.

Wednesday, jury selection in the trial of former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter resumed. Four jurors were seated on the first day of jury selection, Tuesday.

Kim Barker, an investigative reporter for The Times, discusses the challenge of getting officials in Alabama to release video of a police stop that ended in violence.