Potter Expected on Stand as Trial in Daunte Wright Death Nears End
The Minnesota police officer is hoping to persuade jurors to acquit her of manslaughter charges in what she has said was a gun-Taser mixup.
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The Minnesota police officer is hoping to persuade jurors to acquit her of manslaughter charges in what she has said was a gun-Taser mixup.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota police officer on trial in the shooting death of Daunte Wright was expected to take the stand Friday, hoping to persuade
The Minnesota police officer on trial in the shooting death of Daunte Wright was expected to take the stand Friday, hoping to persuade jurors to acquit her of manslaughter charges in what she has said was a gun-Taser mixup.
Kimberly Potter, who was a police officer in the city of Brooklyn Center just north of Minneapolis, has pleaded not guilty to first- and second-degree manslaughter charges. Her lawyers have said Potter, 49, mistakenly used her handgun instead of her stun gun in the death of Wright, a 20-year-old shot during a traffic stop.
Minnesota cop Kim Potter will take to the stand to try persuade jurors to acquit her of manslaughter charges after the shooting of Daunte Wright.