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Imes, the same use of force expert who testified in the kim potter trial. by the way, potter will be sentenced in minnesota tomorrow. but back to the story at hand today. j. alexander was one of the first officers who arrived on scene that day. telling members of the jury he became a member of the minneapolis police department because he wanted to serve the community where he grew up. also mentioning he didnt have a fond impression of mpd officers specifically because of his interactions with th...

Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor and Use of Force Expert Leon Spears broke down footage of brawl that broke out in a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant.

Correct, its not a defense. we have to remember that the crime of manslaughter itself is about a mistake. its the accidental killing of another human being, so there is no mistake defense to a mistaken crime. accidents can be crime, and in addition to the racist trope that was brought up, you know, the facts arent there. the idea that, you know, there was a use of force expert who said not only deadly force was unjustified but even the use of a taser was unreasonable because there was a passenge...

>> miss potter, do you still want to testify, or have you changed your mind? >> yes, your honor, ill testify. >> erin, the testimony of this former officer could come as early as tomorrow morning. it is a bold move for a defendant to take the stand, but it signals that her attorneys are likely confident enough that she will be seen by the jury as believable. of course taking the stand also opens her up to certain risks. she will be cross-examined by a team of prosecutors who have no doubt spent ...

Kim Potters defense team has slammed the case against her as a confusing mess and asked for the trial be to be halted with a judgment of acquittal at the start of the seventh day of testimony.

The defense is started making its case in the trial of kim potter, the former minneapolis police officer on trial for killing to year old dante wright after using her service weapon instead of her taser. she said that was a mistake. we could see the former minneapolis police officer take the stand soon in her own defense. she faces two counts of manslaughter after fatally shooted the 20 year old last april. joining me is shaq brewster in minneapolis. shaq, take us through whatever hearing for to...

When she shot daunte wright using her fire arm instead of her taser. today the defense started to push back on that narrative with their first witness. a use of force expert who disagreed that potter was not justified in even using the taser. wright jumped into the drivers seat and appeared to try to drive away. >> an officer half in and out of a vehicle about to be put in drive with a door open meets the standard of immediate death or serious injury. >> so an officer could shoot? >> yes, sir. >...

From a use of force expert who has been doing this his entire career and who has become proficient in assisting others n learning how to use force and when to use force and learning when to use force and they asked him the question of whether or not george zimmerman had alternatives. tell me the piece of evidence that contraindicates that. just give me one. give me a shred of evidence that contradicts that he had any other option. because now we have an expert who is qualified, who gave you that...

This witness was not a good witness for the defense. im not quite sure why they called him. they didnt need to call this use of force expert and the prosecution did a really good job of taking a defense witness and turning him into a prosecution witness by doing this in courtroom demonstration. it was pretty effective. >> danny, do you think it was effective for the prosecution? >> you have to balance the risk and rewarpd of calling a witness. when you have a use of force expert, they are testif...

Scenario, he could get the case tomorrow, worst-case scenario, sometime on friday. dennis root, the witness that testified, a self-proclaimed use of force expert, retired law enforcement officer as well, basically testified that based on the evidence that was given to him, george zimmermans story checked out. the information that was given to him, of course, was given to him by the defense. he was a defense expert witness, paid by the defense. but he was given a number of pictures and also inter...