Prosecutor: Minnesota cop negligent in Daunte Wright’s death
December 20, 2021 10:13AM CST
In this screen grab from video, Assistant Attorney General Erin Eldridge delivers closing arguments, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021, in former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter’s trial for the April 11, 2021, death of Daunte Wright, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. (Court TV via AP, Pool)
By AMY FORLITI and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A prosecutor is telling jurors that the suburban Minneapolis police officer who says she meant to use her Taser instead of her gun when she shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright knew what she did was wrong.
The jury will get the case against Kim Potter following Monday’s closing arguments. Prosecutor Erin Eldridge told jurors that Potter was an experienced officer who mishandled her firearm.
The judge has already told jurors that she will not make them deliberate on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. They’ll return after the holiday if they haven’t reached a verdict by then.
