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What led to this mistake? what was going through your mind? she has the opportunity to look members in the jury in the eye and tell them what happened during that moment. she recently spoke with a local reporter here in minneapolis and she spoke with them and she told them the aftermath of that day destroyed her. it is likely we will hear more about that. on the body camera video, which we have seen replayed over and over, you see and hear a distraught potter. and at one point she talks about en...

>> when you three law enforcement officers -- excuse me, by the way, as far as reporting this shooting, would it be sergeant johnson, your boss, would be the one that would be required to do that? >> objection, [ inaudible ]. >> rephrase that. >> who would be required under current policy to report the shooting? would it be the shooter or the other person in charge? >> on that scene it would have been sergeant johnson. >> because he was your supervisor, correct? >> yes. >> ive got a couple of mo...

Car, and you three went up to it, correct? >> yes. sergeant johnson -- >> where did isnt johnson go? >> he ent up the passenger side to provide cover. >> what does provide cover? >> keep an eye on the occupants of the vehicle and just to monitor whats happening outside in the world, see if people are walking up on you, if things go wrong. >> where were you located? >> i was towards the left rear corner of the car. >> and where was officer lucky? >> he was advancing to the drivers door? >> and by...

Distraught. i wasnt in a good place. >> after you shot daunte wright, you didnt behave like someone who had just saved johnsons life, did you? >> i was very distraught, i had just shot somebody. i had never done that. >> you never asked sergeant johnson if he was okay, right? >> i dont remember the conversations. >> you didnt check in on him at all, right? >> i dont know. >> you saw the video, when sergeant johnson fed you the line, that guy was trying to take off with me, you didnt respond to t...

Weapon for another. does the law give greater leeway to uniformed officers to make mistakes like this? >> reporter: well, its about the reasonableness of that mistake and, you know, making a split-second decision. when you go back and look at the footage here, jim, and also the testimony of major johnson, who was the officer who was halfway in wrights car, was supposedly kim potter was protecting, right, when potter started screaming, "taser, taser, im going to taser you," that officer actually ...

Employee? >> did a third officer, sergeant johnson arrive at some point in time? >> yes. sergeant johnson arrived. >> was that before you looked up in the computer about the driver of the vehicle or after? >> i dont know exactly when he arrived. i know overs lucky and i were doing -- officer lick and i were discussing running the name he was given through some various systems. >> okay, and did you do that, you and officer lucky? >> yes. >> was there any correction that you told him about during ...

What did you do next? >> we told -- officer lucky explained to sergeant johnson what was going on. >> where was sergeant johnson? was he in your squad car. >> he was standing at my passenger door andves aer lucky was explaining to officer johson what was happening and what he needed to do. officer lucky only told sergeant johnson that he had a warrant and i told officer lucky that he needed to tell officer johnson what the weapon was for. the weapons violation would be castor care and concern. >...

Response of sergeant johnson or major johnson gave you? >> no. >> and what next do you remember what happened, if anything, if you remember? >> i remember giving an ambulance, and i was in the station. >> do you remember being in the ambulance arriving at the nation. >> no. >> you dont remember? >> no. >> the station? >> i remember getting to the station. >> once you got to the station, do you remember what happened next? >> the next thing i remember is off officer fricke was in the room with me...

>> they had an ambulance for me and i dont know why. and then i went -- then i was at the station, i dont remember a lot of things afterwards. >> do you remember saying something about prison? >> no. >> if you did say that, do you have any idea now why you would say that? >> no. >> was the climate back then about police officers a little rough? >> objection, your honor. >> the objection is sustained. >> all right. you dont remember saying it? >> no. >> and you dont know why you said it? >> no. >...

>> i told him -- i told him he had a warrant? >> you just said warrant? >> i think so. >> did you specify what kind of warrant, if you remember? if you dont -- >> i dont think i would have. it wouldnt have been in my normal. >> so what happened after johnson and lucky said youre going to be handcuffed or youre under arrest and you said that there was warrant, what happened next? >> officer lucky had him put his hands behind his back, and i noticed that in the drivers right hand was some type -- ...