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Trial set to begin for ex-Brooklyn Center (Minn.) officer in shooting death of Daunte Wright
https://www.startribune.com/trial-begins-for-brooklyn-center-officer-in-daunte-wright-shooting/600122015/The trial of former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter, scheduled to begin Tuesday, could differ vastly from the trials of other officers who have killed civilians on the job.
Potter, 49, is charged in Hennepin County District Court with first- and second-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting Daunte Wright during an April 11 traffic stop, setting off several nights of protests. Potter's body camera footage suggests Potter mistook her gun for a Taser when she fired a single shot at Wright. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday morning, with opening statements set for Dec. 8 and the trial projected to wrap up the last week of December.
Wright's shooting was captured on video, but some local attorneys not involved in the case said Potter's defense could benefit from the footage, unlike in the case against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Bystander video showed Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes last year as Floyd and several civilians pleaded with Chauvin for mercy. Jurors convicted Chauvin this past April of murdering Floyd.
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"The good thing towards the defense is the video shows the immediate aftermath and what her thoughts were immediately after the shooting," said defense attorney A.L. Brown. "The bad thing is it shows the shooting without just cause, in my mind."
Potter, 49, is charged in Hennepin County District Court with first- and second-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting Daunte Wright during an April 11 traffic stop, setting off several nights of protests. Potter's body camera footage suggests Potter mistook her gun for a Taser when she fired a single shot at Wright. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday morning, with opening statements set for Dec. 8 and the trial projected to wrap up the last week of December.
Wright's shooting was captured on video, but some local attorneys not involved in the case said Potter's defense could benefit from the footage, unlike in the case against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Bystander video showed Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes last year as Floyd and several civilians pleaded with Chauvin for mercy. Jurors convicted Chauvin this past April of murdering Floyd.
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"The good thing towards the defense is the video shows the immediate aftermath and what her thoughts were immediately after the shooting," said defense attorney A.L. Brown. "The bad thing is it shows the shooting without just cause, in my mind."
Note: A.L. Brown is not Potter's attorney; they're a local attorney unconnected to the case and asked to comment on it.
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