Kim Potter On Killing Daunte Wright: “I’m Sorry It Happened. I’m So Sorry”

Kim Potter Trial\Daunte Wright

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Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter took the stand Friday in her trial for killing Daunte Wright, 20, who was shot dead on April 11, 2021 ,in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota–while the murder trial of Derek Chauvin was still ongoing for the killing of George Floyd.

During Friday’s testimony, Potter broke down several times during direct testimony by her defense attorney Earl Gray–and especially, during cross-examination, when the defense requested a break to protect Potter who was losing her composure as the prosecutor confronted her with the video of her just before she shot Wright to death.

Potter, during direct examination, broke down in tears while recounting details of her shooting Wright to death after shouting “Taser! Taser! Taser!” She stated things “just went chaotic” before the deadly shooting.

Potter stated the initial reason Wright was being pulled over was because of an air freshener hanging from Wright’s car mirror—and expired tags. She said if it were up to her she wouldn’t have pulled Wright over for either of these things, including the expired tags given the situation with Covid at the time, where Potter pointed out the Motor Vehicle Department was then offline.

Potter said the decision to arrest Wright came after it was discovered that Wright had a warrant for failure to appear in court on a gun charge.

Under cross-examination Potter broke down in tears, when she was shown the video portion when she was about to shoot Wright dead. At this point, the defense asked and was granted a lunch recess.

When Potter again returned to the witness stand, Assistant Attorney General Erin Eldridge hammered Potter on the fact that after shooting Wright she did nothing to help him (nor did she ask about the health of other officers) but was only concerned with her actions.

Potter started sobbing and said, “I’m sorry it happened. I’m so sorry.”  She also said, “I didn’t want to hurt anybody.”

Not long after, the defense rested their case.

Judge Regina Chu then told the jury they can expected instructions regarding the law for deliberations next week. Closing arguments are also expected to happen on Monday.

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