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Because this was entirely preventable. totally avoidable. if she had followed her training, paid attention, to what she was doing, and considered the risk. >> in his closing argument, defense attorney earl gray said daunte wright is responsible for his own death. not kim potter because his actions of resisting arrest and trying to drive away forced the brooklyn center officer to try to stop him with a taser to keep her fellow officer safe. >> the state wants [inaudible] street no, no, it's at this point that she knew she had a gun. how can you recklessly, consciously handle a gun if you don't ...

Does that feed into the prosecutor's case as opposed to help her defense? >> i think it was a slam dunk for the prosecutor's case because she admitted that her conduct was unreasonable, she admitted she was a 26-year veteran of the police department, that she old had training on taser. she admitted the taser and the gun look and feel different. so she made some critical admissions that are key to the prosecutor's case. so when you look at, you know, is there guilt here, i think she proved her own guilt. so taking the stand as we know is always a risk for a defendant. i think it was damaging to...

Conduct was reckless. the second-degree manslaughter charge only requires a finding of criminal jusnegligence. there's been a lot of focus on the emotional testimony of kim potter. we know she was e moepgs nal right after she shot daunte wright, saying, look, i'm going to jail. it's hard to know whether, you know, those tears or the emotion we saw on the stand was about being sorry about killing daunte wright or being scared about going to jail. i think we're not focusing enough on she pitched milted on the witness stand during cross that her conduct was unreasonable, and that makes the prosec...

Police officer kim potter. she fatally shot 20-year-old daunte wright in april after she claims she mistook her gun for her taser. on friday, potter testified in her own defense. she apologized saying she did not plan to use deadly force that day. >> you knew that deadly force was unreasonable and unwarranted in this circumstance. >> i didn't want to hurt anybody. >> joining me now to discuss the case civil rights attorney and cnn legal affairs analyst areva martin. we saw that moment in courtroom. a remorseful kim potter. what does the law say here, particularly the law when it comes to first...

Revolver as a taser. potter broke down during her testimony as prosecutors pressured her on why she did not try to get help for wright after shooting him. >> i'm sorry it happened. i'm sorry. >> for more on this, i'm joins by nbc's stephanie stanton who is in minneapolis covering this for us. stephanie, good to see you this afternoon. talk us through what you're hearing, and reaction to potter's incredibly emotional testimony? >> reporter: yeah, well, hello to you, yasmin. it was incredibly emotional. and we did see kim potter break down several times throughout the day yesterday. as she took ...