Expert: Kim Potter was not justified in using deadly force

@ap.news In this screen grab from video, Seth Stoughton, associate law professor at the University of South Carolina, testifies as Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu presides over court Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, in the trial of former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter in the April 11, 2021, death of Daunte Wright, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. (Court TV via AP, Pool)

By STEVE BAUER and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A use-of-force expert has testified that former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter was not justified in using deadly force when she fatally shot Daunte Wright.

Seth Wayne Stoughton is a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law. He said Wednesday that no reasonable officer could have believed that shooting Wright was necessary. His testimony undercut a defense claim that Potter would have been justified in shooting Wright even if she had intended to, though she has said she meant to pull her Taser.

Potter is charged with manslaughter in Wright’s death. Prosecutors say even an intended use of a Taser on Wright would have violated her suburban Minneapolis police department’s policy.