WATCH: Day 2 of testimony in Kim Potter trial
In this image taken from police video played during the trial of former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, in Minneapolis, Potters, right, is seen after the traffic stop of Daunte Wright on the April 11, 2021. Potter, who is white, is charged with first- and second-degree manslaughter in the shooting of Wright, a Black motorist, in the suburb of Brooklyn Center. Potter has said she meant to use her Taser – but grabbed her handgun instead – after Wright tried to drive away as officers were trying to arrest him.[ Court TV, via AP, Pool]
After opening statements and the first two witnesses were called by the state on Wednesday, testimony is set to continue Thursday in the trial of former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter.
Potter, 49, is charged with first- and second-degree manslaughter in the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright during an April 11 traffic stop.
Wright’s mother, Katie Bryant, and the officer Anthony Luckey, who Potter was training on April 11, testified on Wednesday.
Court is set to reconvene at 9 a.m.