Mychal Johnson, was at risk of being dragged by Wright’s car. Potter’s attorneys argued that she made a mistake but also would have been justified in using deadly force if she had meant to because one of the other officers, then-Sgt. Her body camera video recorded Wright saying, “Ah, he shot me” an instant after the shooting. “I remember yelling, ‘Taser, Taser, Taser,’ and nothing happened, and then he told me I shot him,” Potter said through tears. Wright pulled away from the officers and got back in his car, police body camera footage of the traffic stop shows.
Potter, who was training another officer at the time, said she probably wouldn’t have pulled Wright’s car over if she had been on her own that day because many drivers were late on renewing their tags at that point of the pandemic.Īfter she and the other two officers at the scene that day decided to arrest Wright on an outstanding warrant for a weapons violation, the encounter “just went chaotic,” Potter told the jury.
Potter is charged with first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the killing of Wright, a 20-year-old Black motorist who was pulled over for having expired license plate tags and an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror. She testified that she was “sorry it happened” and that she doesn’t remember what she said or everything that happened after the shooting, saying much of her memory of those moments “is missing.”
Kim Potter, 49, has said she meant to draw her Taser instead of her handgun during the April 11 traffic stop in Brooklyn Center when she killed Wright. GRAPHIC WARNING: Videos in this story may include content that some may find disturbing.
“It’s just great to see their face, the look on their face and know you’re doing something, you’re making a difference,” Simmons said.MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright told jurors at her manslaughter trial on Friday that she “didn’t want to hurt anybody” that day, saying during sometimes tearful testimony that she shouted a warning about using her Taser on Wright after she saw fear in a fellow officer’s face. She’s grateful and said she really felt appreciated. She left with a soft chair that she said was comfortable and a big bag of gifts. It’s been a tough year after her dad passed away. Ransom Middle School student Kailyn Wiggins is one of these kids. “So every middle and every elementary school here in Escambia County chooses one child and that’s how we come up with the number of kids then we work with our sponsors to make sure we can make this Christmas the best it can be.”Įach child put together a “wish list” then sheriff’s deputies went to Walmart, grabbed their shopping carts and worked to make those wishes come true.
“We work with our school resource officers and we work with our schools,” Sheriff Chip Simmons said.
The inside of the sheriff’s office was transformed into a “winter wonderland” with lights and decorations. They rode to the sheriff’s office in a patrol car. (WKRG) - Christmas came a bit early for a few dozen kids in Escambia County, Florida during the annual Shop With A Cop at the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.