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Daunte Wright Shooting Trial Day 8: Testimony Ends with Acquittal Likely on Legal Merits

Welcome to our coverage of the Kim Potter manslaughter trial over the April 11, 2021, shooting death of Duante Wright in a suburb of Minneapolis, when then-police officer Potter unintentionally used her Glock 17 pistol in place of her intended Taser. Today was the eighth day of the trial proper, and the final day for […]

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Daunte Wright Shooting Trial Day 7: Defense Use-of-Force Expert Impresses

Welcome to our coverage of the Kim Potter manslaughter trial over the April 11, 2021, shooting death of Duante Wright in a suburb of Minneapolis, when then-police officer Potter unintentionally used her Glock 17 pistol in place of her intended Taser. Today was the seventh day of the trial proper, and a very good day

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Daunte Wright Shooting Trial Day 6: State’s Expert Say No Force Should Have Been Used

Welcome to our coverage of the Kim Potter manslaughter trial over the April 11, 2021, shooting death of Duante Wright in a suburb of Minneapolis, when then-police officer Potter accidentally used her Glock 17 pistol in place of her intended Taser. Today was the sixth day of the trial proper and was most notable for

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Daunte Wright Shooting Trial Day 5: Commander: Potter Good Person, Good Cop

Welcome to our coverage of the Kim Potter manslaughter trial over the April 11, 2021, shooting death of Duante Wright in a suburb of Minneapolis, when then-police officer Potter accidentally used her Glock 17 pistol in place of her intended Taser. Today was the fifth day of the Potter trial and was most notable for

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Daunte Wright Shooting Trial Day 3: Prosecution Spends Another Day in Plodding, Pointless Testimony

Welcome to our coverage of the Kim Potter manslaughter trial over the April 11, 2021, shooting death of Duante Wright in a suburb of Minneapolis, when then-police officer Potter accidentally used her Glock 17 pistol in place of her intended Taser. Today was the third day of the trial proper, and although today the State

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Daunte Wright Shooting Trial Day 2: Judge Denies Defense Request for Mistrial

Welcome to our coverage of the Kim Potter manslaughter trial over the April 11, 2021, shooting death of Duante Wright in a suburb of Minneapolis, when then-police officer Potter accidentally used her Glock 17 pistol in place of her intended Taser. Today was the second day of the trial proper, and remarkably enough the State

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Daunte Wright Shooting Trial Day 1: Judge Declines to Define Law & Defense Scores on State Witness

Welcome to our coverage of the Kim Potter manslaughter trial over the April 11, 2021, shooting death of Duante Wright in a suburb of Minneapolis, when then-police officer Potter accidentally used her Glock 17 pistol in place of her intended Taser. Today was the first day of the trial proper, with both sides presenting the

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Daunte Wright Shooting Trial: 12 Jurors Now Seated; Two more needed; Defense has one strike left

Welcome to our coverage of the Kim Potter manslaughter trial over the April 11, 2021 shooting death of Duante Wright in a suburb of Minneapolis, when then-police officer Potter accidentally used her Glock 17 pistol in place of her intended Taser. Three more jurors were seated today, for a total of 12 seated jurors. Two

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