The jury began deliberating Monday in the manslaughter trial of the suburban Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Black motorist Daunte Wright after she says she mistook her gun for her Taser while trying to arrest him during a traffic stop.Kim Potter’s case went to the mostly white jury Monday following closing arguments and instruction from Judge Regina Chu. Prosecutor Erin Eldridge told jurors that Potter killing Wright was “entirely preventable.” She cast Potter as experienced veteran who made a series of bad choices.Potter’s attorney Earl Gray said Potter made a mistake, but it wasn’t a crime.Potter, who is charged with first-degree and second-degree manslaughter, testified Friday that she was “sorry it happened” and that she “didn’t want to hurt anybody” that day. During sometimes tearful testimony, she said she didn’t remember what she said or everything that happened after the shooting, saying much of her memory of those moments “is missing.”Wright’s April 11 death set off angry demonstrations for several days in Brooklyn Center. It happened as another white officer, Derek Chauvin, was standing trial in nearby Minneapolis for the killing of George Floyd.
The jury began deliberating Monday in the manslaughter trial of the suburban Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Black motorist Daunte Wright after she says she mistook her gun for her Taser while trying to arrest him during a traffic stop.
Kim Potter’s case went to the mostly white jury Monday following closing arguments and instruction from Judge Regina Chu. Prosecutor Erin Eldridge told jurors that Potter killing Wright was “entirely preventable.” She cast Potter as experienced veteran who made a series of bad choices.
Potter’s attorney Earl Gray said Potter made a mistake, but it wasn’t a crime.
Potter, who is charged with first-degree and second-degree manslaughter, testified Friday that she was “sorry it happened” and that she “didn’t want to hurt anybody” that day. During sometimes tearful testimony, she said she didn’t remember what she said or everything that happened after the shooting, saying much of her memory of those moments “is missing.”
Wright’s April 11 death set off angry demonstrations for several days in Brooklyn Center. It happened as another white officer, Derek Chauvin, was standing trial in nearby Minneapolis for the killing of George Floyd.
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