Page 23 - Duante Wright News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

> . she faces manslaughter charges after shooting duante wright after a routine traffic stop. we have the latest from minneapolis. >> i'm sorry about this. >> you didn't plan to use deadly force that day, did you? >> no. >> you knew that deadly force was unreasonable and unwarranted in those circumstances? >> i didn't want to hurt anybody. >> reporter: under cross examine nation by the prosecution, former minnesota police officer kim potter wept. >> you stopped doing your job completely? you didn't commune wait what happened over the radio, right? >> no. >> you didn't make sure any officers...

Family home and moved out of the state. >> have you been in therapy? >> yes. >> do you still work as a police officer there? >> no. >> why did you quit? >> there was so much bad things happening, i didn't want my co-workers and anything bad to happen to the city. >> reporter: potter is facing first and second-degree manslaughter charges. she's pleaded not guilty to all charges. after the testimony, daunte wright's family called the killing preventible as they prepare to spend their first christmas without duante. potter in agony as she watched that body camera video following the traffic stop....

>> on cross examination, prosecutors laid out much of the training potter received during her 26 years as an officer including on the use of force and when it's appropriate to use force and suggesting someone with her experience should have handled the situation better. >> ultimately was he able to get back in the car? >> yes. >> you never saw a weapon on mr. wright, did you? >> no. >> never saw a gun? >> no. >> he never threw a right? >> no. >> he never kicked anyone? >> no. >> never said i'm going to kill you. >> no. >> potter is facing first and second degree manslaughter charges. we were e...

>> i'm so sorry. >> reporter: kim potter sobbed as she described what happened at the traffic stop that ended with duante wright's death. >> i remember yelling, "taser, taser, taser!" and nothing happened. and then he told me i shot him. >> taser, taser, taser! >> reporter: potter's defense insists she made a deadly mistake. >> i just shot him! yes! >> reporter: pulling her glock pistol when she thought she was grabbing a taser, and then firing a single bullet into wright's chest. the defense says wright was resisting arrest and about to drive off, and potter had to do something to protect the...

Against omicron. dr. anthony fauci says some of the antigen tests may not detect the variant. and as christmas approaches, doctors have this dire warning: >> i think we need to be prepared for a surge in the coming few weeks. the wave that's coming will likely be the biggest one. >> reporter: and one reason for concern here in new york: the state just hit 21,000 daily cases, the highest it's been since the pandemic began. and half of them are in new york city. norah. >> o'donnell: incredible to think about those numbers. thank you. well, today in minnesota, former brooklyn center police office...