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The same prosecutor in the derek chauvin case, her them is erin eldridge. this trial just started, there were opening statements today, and this is the prosecution's first witness. >> reporter: the very first witness is the mother of 20-year-old daunte wright. and youknow, often in these cas when the victim has died or the person when daept wright the victim has died in this case, there is a so-called spark of life witness and katie is acting in that role at the spark of life witness, someone who can speak to the type of person he was, his character can kind of give that personal touch to him....

To hear are important. what we hear is experiencing a mental health crisis. he had a gun to his own head and law enforcement said, he has a gun, he's close enough to kill me and shot and killed him. it was clear he was not presenting a danger to other folks. at least not in that moment. someone with a mental health crisis, people called the police, they were worried he was going to kill himself ends up killed by police. if the federal government throws up their hands to this, it's not surprising people are saying, forget about law enforcement. forget about it. throw it all away. let's start so...