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December 14, 2021

Ex-Cop Kim Potter Failed to Test Taser on Day She Fatally Shot Daunte Wright
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In Minnesota, the manslaughter trial of former Brooklyn Center police
officer Kim Potter continued Monday, with a medical examiner testifying
the wound Daunte Wright received from Potter's handgun was not
survivable. Potter has said she mistakenly shot Wright with her Glock
9-millimeter pistol believing it was her Taser. Minnesota state
investigator Sam Mc Ginnis testified that Potter failed to test her
Taser, as required, on the day she fatally shot Wright. He also laid out
the differences between a Glock pistol and a Taser.

Sam Mc Ginnis: "The Taser is yellow; the firearm is black. The Taser has
a stocky body to it compared to the Glock handgun. The grip of the Taser
is shorter and wider than the Glock."

Meanwhile, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin signaled
Monday he's preparing to change his "not guilty" plea to "guilty" in a
federal case charging he willfully violated George Floyd's civil rights.
Chauvin was convicted of Floyd's murder and sentenced to 22-and-a-half
years in prison.


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