Kim Potter Trial, Dec. 14: BCPD Use-Of-Force Instructor Testifies On Department's Taser Training
After a flurry of witnesses Monday, only two took the stand Tuesday in the Kim Potter trial.
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After a flurry of witnesses Monday, only two took the stand Tuesday in the Kim Potter trial.
There was a lot of technical testimony Monday about processing evidence at the scene -- but the highlight was each side battling to convince the jury of either the differences or the similarities between Kim Potter's Taser and firearm.
The prosecution in the Kim Potter trial has filed a motion in Hennepin County court, seeking permission to question police officers about union membership as a way to determine bias.
The trial of a Minnesota police officer charged in the shooting death of Daunte Wright opens its second week of testimony Monday, with a medical examiner expected to walk jurors through Wright's autopsy.
Testimony enters its third day in the trial of former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter, who is charged with first- and second-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Daunte Wright.
After a day of new body camera footage from the day of the incident and compelling testimony from Wright's mother, the state is calling more witnesses to the stand, including the woman who was inside the vehicle with Wright.
The defense and prosecution will have a chance to let the jury know the roadmap they'll be taking during the course of this trial.
Potter, 49, is charged with first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in Wright's April 11 death in Brooklyn Center. The former officer has said she meant to use her Taser on the 20-year-old Wright.
The 2022 budget will leave open three police officer vacancies, along with some other funding from other places, to pay for the public safety initiative named after Daunte Wright.
Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu is using the same 18th-floor courtroom where Chauvin was convicted of murder in April by a jury that repeatedly watched video of the white officer kneeling on the neck of Floyd, a Black man, and where Chauvin was later sentenced by Judge Peter Cahill to 22 1/2 years.
Kim Potter, 49, is charged with first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in Wright's April 11 death in Brooklyn Center, a Minneapolis suburb. Opening statements are scheduled for Wednesday.
A mostly white jury was seated Friday for the trial of a suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in Daunte Wright's shooting death, and opening statements were scheduled to begin next week.
The jury in the Kim Potter trial is set.
A third juror was seated Thursday, bringing the total number selected to 12. Two more spots still need to be filled on Friday, when court will resume.
Jury selection in the Kim Potter trial is moving at a quick pace as five more jurors were seated Wednesday, bringing the total number selected so far to nine. Five more jurors still need to seated as the court is seeking 12 jurors to deliberate the case and two more to serve as alternates.
A defense attorney for Kim Potter says the former Brooklyn Center police officer will take the stand in her manslaughter trial.
The council looked ahead to a verdict, discussing potential unrest that may come.
Potential jurors were asked whether they or anyone close to them participated "in any of the demonstrations or marches related to policing that took place in the Twin Cities area in the last two years." If they participated, they were asked whether they carried a sign and what it said.
Brooklyn Center police were called to Girard Avenue North just after 2 p.m. Thursday. They were told the victim was being driven to the hospital by someone.
Potter, who resigned two days after the shooting, says she made an innocent mistake when she reached for her pistol instead of her Taser.
The Minnesota State Patrol says a driver was arrested for allegedly driving while impaired after a two-vehicle crash Saturday evening.
In Hennepin County Court, Hjermstad, of Brooklyn Center, was found guilty by Judge Martha Ann Holton-Dimick, delivering her verdict from the bench. He earlier waived his right to a jury trial.
A 24-year-old man is facing manslaughter charges for allegedly shooting a woman in the head last week in Brooklyn Center.
Investigators are asking for the public's help to catch a truck thief accused of killing an innocent driver in the Twin Cities.
One man is dead from being hit by a stolen vehicle in police pursuit in Brooklyn Center Tuesday morning.
