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WVTM 13's Lisa Crane reports on the police tech demo day.

>> do you agree with that that you didnt test it? >> i dont recall if i would have or wouldnt have. >> is that an important feature for law enforcement officers with new tasers? >> no. >> that never used them since they had them. >> correct. >> and while were there, did you ever use a taser, use it by actually shooting it in all your years as a law enforcement officer? >> i would take my taser out on rare occasions, but i dont believe i ever deployed it. >> when you take your tazer out, its to d...

>> yes. >> and just to be more specific, the taser is yellow. right? >> yes. >> the firearm is black. correct? >> yes. >> the taser weighs about half as much as your loaded glock. right? >> i dont know. >> doesnt weigh the same. correct? >> thats what they testified to earlier, but i dont know. >> when it comes to the taser 7 that you had just been recertified on or certified to use, your department used long-range cartridges for that taser 7. correct? >> i dont know. >> you were trying to use i...

Acknowledging that you knew the risks, received and reviewed the materials required for you to carry that taser. correct? >> yes. i signed the documents. >> okay. >> now, in terms of the carrying of these weapons, reaction side means what for you? >> that would be my left hand. >> okay. >> youre right-handed? >> yes. >> so carrying a taser, you have done for years on your left side. correct? >> yes. >> and your firearm you carry where? >> on my right side. >> how many years have you carried your...

Was justified because of the fear of bodily injury and serious harm that she felt for her partner, for sergeant johnson. that was a key piece, and it goes to the bigger picture of the defense trying to poke holes in the idea that the prosecution is saying which is that even the use of the taser was inappropriate. >> thank you all. appreciate you helping us get through this day and this trial. thank you. up next, it is a 2020 deja vu. a surge of covid cases hits new york. u.s. hospitals brace f...

To 2:01:56. a couple more frames, please. okay. youd agree at 2:01:56, the piece of paper is still in your left hand. correct? >> yes. >> okay. lets advance. actually, lets play until 2:02 :01, please. >> im going to taser, taser, taser. >> okay. stopping at 2:02:01, you have the firearm in your right hand. correct? >> yes. >> and you are pointing it directly at mr. wright? correct? >> your honor, could we have a brief -- -- >> miss potter, do you need a

Its a sunday. >> im going to put on the screen exhibits 224 and exhibit 178 next to each other, please. all right. miss potter, on the screen are contributes 224 and 178. youd agree that these are photos of your taser and your firearm respectively, yes? >> my firearm, for sure. im not sure if thats the taser that was taken that day, but im guessing it is. >> and you carried a taser 7 that day? correct? >> yes. >> and thats whats on this picture, exhibit 224? >> yes. >> now, these items look diff...

>> yes. >> and you went through that hands-on process of turning on that taser and safely handling that taser in order to be certified. correct? >> yes, in march. >> in march. and before that you had had -- >> yes. >> and that taser also had a laser and a safety and things like that. right? >> yes. >> the screen that turned on? >> yes. >> and the taser -- that was the taser you were carrying for years before. right? >> yes. >> very similar to the taser 7 in that way? >> similar but different. >>...

Break? >> okay. okay. members of the jury, were going to break for lunch, and well start up again at 1:30. okay? >> well, welcome to "meet the press daily". im chuck todd. youve been listening and watching to foreigner police officer kim potter testify in her own defense. theyre taking a break just as the moment that theyre essentially having her go frame by frame just before, and they stopped it and were taking a break just before we see her shoot daunte wright. potter is charged with multiple ...

Trial. so they went ahead and did that. before the cross-examination by the prosecutor, potter detailed her history in law enforcement and her experience of what happened at the traffic stop that day. >> did you say anything when you saw the -- what did you do? >> we were struggling. we were trying to keep him from driving away. it just -- it just went -- chaotic. it -- and then i remember yelling taser, taser, taser, and nothing happened. and then he told me i shot him. >> court is now in a lun...