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December 21, 2021

Jury Weighs Manslaughter Charges for MN Officer Kim Potter, Who Killed Daunte Wright
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In Minnesota, jury deliberation has begun in the manslaughter trial of
former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter, who fatally shot
20-year-old Black father Daunte Wright during a minor traffic stop in
April. During closing arguments, prosecutor Erin Eldridge rejected
Potter's claims that she meant to fire her Taser and not her pistol at
Wright.

Erin Eldridge: "It's manslaughter. That she was an officer does not make
it OK. That she was on duty does not make it OK. That she shot him with
her service pistol does not make it OK. Her actions were rash and
reckless, and what she did was wrong."

Kim Potter is facing first-degree and second-degree manslaughter
charges.


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