MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. The trial of Kim Potter, a former Brooklyn Center police officer charged in the shooting death of Daunte Wright opens its second week of testimony Monday.
A medical examiner is expected to walk jurors through Wright’s autopsy. The 20-year-old Black motorist was killed on April 11 after being pulled over by police for expired license plate tags and an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror.
Prosecutors spent the first week of testimony showing jurors body-camera and dashcam video that showed the traffic stop and shooting. Jurors saw Potter falling to the ground and wailing immediately afterward, with other officers attempting to console her. At one point, she threatened to kill herself.
Potter’s supervisor, Michael Johnson made sure she didn’t have a loaded gun after her comments. Prosecutors blamed Potter for not immediately radioing details of the shooting so that Wright might have gotten medical aid more quickly. it took about 8 1/2 minutes before officers, uncertain of what they were dealing with, pulled him from his crashed vehicle.
Potter resigned two days after the shooting. The 26-year veteran officer is charged with manslaughter.
