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The defense is started making its case in the trial of kim potter, the former minneapolis police officer on trial for killing to year old dante wright after using her service weapon instead of her taser. she said that was a mistake. we could see the former minneapolis police officer take the stand soon in her own defense. she faces two counts of manslaughter after fatally shooted the 20 year old last april. joining me is shaq brewster in minneapolis. shaq, take us through whatever hearing for today and the expectations for when kim potter might be testifying sfl well andrea, we're still in the...

When she shot daunte wright using her fire arm instead of her taser. today the defense started to push back on that narrative with their first witness. a use of force expert who disagreed that potter was not justified in even using the taser. wright jumped into the driver's seat and appeared to try to drive away. >> an officer half in and out of a vehicle about to be put in drive with a door open meets the standard of immediate death or serious injury. >> so an officer could shoot? >> yes, sir. >> this is key part of their case for 1st and 2nd degree manslaughter. kim potter is facing up to 15...

From a use of force expert who has been doing this his entire career and who has become proficient in assisting others n learning how to use force and when to use force and learning when to use force and they asked him the question of whether or not george zimmerman had alternatives. tell me the piece of evidence that contraindicates that. just give me one. give me a shred of evidence that contradicts that he had any other option. because now we have an expert who is qualified, who gave you that opinion. dismiss it if you want. the judge will tell you just because you're an period of time does...

This witness was not a good witness for the defense. i'm not quite sure why they called him. they didn't need to call this use of force expert and the prosecution did a really good job of taking a defense witness and turning him into a prosecution witness by doing this in courtroom demonstration. it was pretty effective. >> danny, do you think it was effective for the prosecution? >> you have to balance the risk and rewarpd of calling a witness. when you have a use of force expert, they are testifying to what police officers divides force into these different layers. the problem is the supreme...

Scenario, he could get the case tomorrow, worst-case scenario, sometime on friday. dennis root, the witness that testified, a self-proclaimed use of force expert, retired law enforcement officer as well, basically testified that based on the evidence that was given to him, george zimmerman's story checked out. the information that was given to him, of course, was given to him by the defense. he was a defense expert witness, paid by the defense. but he was given a number of pictures and also interviewed george zimmerman. he also looked over some of the witness statements, as well. he was asked ...