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Her if you will in front of this jury who had to hear her apology and explanation as best she could give it. >> the prosecution flat out says that a mistake is not a real defense here. >> it's not, john. inherent in the crime of manslaughter under minnesota law it is the accidental killing of another human being. you call it accidental or mistaken. you have that mistake in the offense. so a mistake is not a defense to the mistake. it isn't. i think the defense has been quite cleverly misleading in repeatedly telling the jury in closing arguments that it was a human mistake. it was an action er...

This was not putting the wrong date on a check. this was not entering the wrong password somewhere. this was a colossal screw-up, a blunder of epic proportions. >> the defense argued that everybody makes mistakes, even those with years and years of training. and it especially happens in high-stress situations like the one kim potter was in in april. >> in life nobody is perfect. everybody makes mistakes. some of those mistakes are small mistakes, but some of them are very serious. and she obviously made a mistake. she has called an action error. >> kim potter is charged with first and second d...

That police officers can mistakenly draw their guns instead of their tasers in high stress situations, citing a somewhat disputed theory referred to as "action error." that is important because much of this case boils down to how the jury ultimately interprets potter's mistake. in their closing arguments, the defense said a mistake is no reason to send someone to prison. >> everybody makes mistakes. nobody is perfect, ladies and gentlemen. this lady here made a mistake, and my gosh, a mistake is not a crime. it just isn't. it just isn't, in our freedom-loving country, that we are going to put ...

Holster, drawing her gun, and pulling it and pointing the trigger. >> and adrienne broaddus joins us now. adrienne, what kind of evidence does the jury have while they are deliberating and what have we heard from them in terms of questions? >> reporter: well, john, members of the jury will be able to hold the gun potter used the day she shot and killed daunte wright. they will also be able to see and feel the taser she intended to grab. it's an opportunity for them to compare and contrast the two weapons. they also have access to a laptop. it has the body-camera video downloaded on the laptop ...

Arthel: and bobby just said that mistake happens all the time were officers mistake their firearm for the taser, that gives me concern if that happens all the time. >> it is a common action error as they call it. i have something more and has been documented before socket happens every single day i don't have the statistics on it. something the police community knows it's a problem that's what they have the weapons on the opposite side they have been different colors because there's a recognition for attempted interaction that was occurring here the defenses really playing out. they went into ...