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December 13, 2021

Daunte Wright's Girlfriend Testifies About Fatal Shooting by Officer Kim Potter
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In Minnesota, the manslaughter trial of former police officer Kim Potter
continues. Last week, jurors heard testimony from Daunte Wright's
partner Alayna Albrecht-Payton, who was in the car at the time of his
killing. She described the harrowing moments after Kim Potter shot
Wright.

Alayna Albrecht-Payton: "I just remember, like, trying to - trying to
just get him up. Like, I was the only one, out of everybody there, who
was trying to help him. And I was trying to push on his chest and call
his name. And he wasn't answering me. He was just gasping."

Prosecutors also showed the court bodycam footage of police handcuffing
the distraught Alayna Albrecht-Payton after the shooting. Witnesses say
police officers did not offer immediate medical assistance to Wright
after he was shot, and waited four minutes to help him.


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